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Enchi Fumiko
Enchi, Fumiko
Fumiko Enchi (fōō´mē´kō ĕn´chē), 1905–86, Japanese novelist and literary critic. The daughter of a well-known Japanese literary scholar, she first wrote for the theater, later turning to novels and short stories. Enchi's work covers a wide range of subjects, but is generally centered on the inner lives of women and their roles in society. Onnazaka [the waiting years], awarded the Noma Literary Prize in 1957, traces the struggle of a matriarch to hold her family together through the early years of Japan's modernization. A prolific writer despite repeated bouts of illness, Enchi received numerous awards. Her modern Japanese translation of the renowned classical Japanese novel The Tale of Genji received wide acclaim.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2012, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
Dangerous Women, Deadly Words: Phallic Fantasy and Modernity in Three Japanese Writers
Nina Cornyetz. Stanford University, 1999
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Nina Cornyetz. Stanford University, 1999
Librarian’s tip: Part II "Enchi Fumiko"
Japanese Women Writers: Twentieth Century Short Fiction
Noriko Mizuta Lippit; Kyoko Iriye Selden. M.E. Sharpe, 1991
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Noriko Mizuta Lippit; Kyoko Iriye Selden. M.E. Sharpe, 1991
Librarian’s tip: "Love in Two Lives: The Remnant" by Enchi Fumiko begins on p. 97
Women in Twentieth-Century Literature: A Jungian View
Bettina L. Knapp. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1987
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Bettina L. Knapp. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1987
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 9 "Fumiko Enchi's Masks: A Sacred Mystery"
Daughters of the Moon: Wish, Will, and Social Constraint in Fiction by Modern Japanese Women
Victoria V. Vernon. Institute of East Asian Studies, 1988
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Victoria V. Vernon. Institute of East Asian Studies, 1988
Librarian’s tip: Chap. Six "Between Osan and Koharu: The Representation of Women in the Works of Hayashi Fumiko and Enchi Fumiko"
Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective: A Guide for Teaching
Barbara Stoler Miller. M.E. Sharpe, 1994
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Barbara Stoler Miller. M.E. Sharpe, 1994
Librarian’s tip: "Beyond Absolution: Enchi Fumiko's The Waiting Years and Masks" begins on p. 439
The Fantastic in Modern Japanese Literature: The Subversion of Modernity
Susan J. Napier. Routledge, 1996
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Susan J. Napier. Routledge, 1996
Librarian’s tip: "Women Alone: Fantasy Females in the Works of Enchi Fumiko, Oba Minako, Kurahashi Yumiko, and Kanai Mieko" begins on p. 80
Images of Japanese Women: A Westerner's View
Bettina L. Knapp. Whitston, 1992
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Bettina L. Knapp. Whitston, 1992
Librarian’s tip: "Enchi Fumiko (1905-1986)" begins on p. 225