Table of contents : CONTENTS PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS Introduction Chapter 1. Of Love and Bondage in the Kagerò Diary Michitsuna’s Mother and Her Father Chapter 2. Self-Representation and the Patriarchy in the Heian Female Memoirs Chapter 3. Towazugatari Unruly Tales from a Dutiful Daughter Chapter 4. Mother Tongue and Father Script The Relationship of Sei Shònagon and Murasaki Shikibu to Their Fathers and Chinese Letters Chapter 5. De-siring the Center Hayashi Fumiko’s Hungry Heroines and the Male Literary Canon Chapter 6. A Room Sweet as Honey Father-Daughter Love in Mori Mari Chapter 7. Enchi Fumiko Female Sexuality and the Absent Father Chapter 8. Needles, Knives, and Pens Uno Chiyo and the Remembered Father Chapter 9. A Confucian Utopia Kòda Aya and Kòda Rohan Chapter 10. Òba Minako and the Paternity of Maternalism Chapter 11. Kurahashi Yumiko’s Negotiations with the Fathers Chapter 12. Ogino Anna’s Gargantuan Play in Tales of Peaches CONTRIBUTORS INDEX