Japanese Authors and the Tragedy of Ichiyō Higuchi (1872–1896)Lee Jay WalkerModern Tokyo TimesThe Japanese novelist Ichiyō Higuchi (1872–1896) moved through life as though fate had marked her for sorrow. From the age of fourteen, Higuchi immersed herself in classical poetry while confiding her deepest anxieties to her diary. Umoregi (In Obscurity) announced a distinctive new literary voice. https://moderntokyonews.com/category/japan-culture/ Past JAPAN CULTURE articles via MODERN TOKYO NEWSMODERN TOKYO TIMES – MODERN TOKYO NEWS – please check https://moderntokyonews.comPlease check Modern Tokyo News at https://moderntokyonews.com for articles going back over 12 years. Sadly, Modern Tokyo Times got hacked and lost 14 years of articles…Modern Tokyo News is part of the Modern Tokyo Times grouphttp://moderntokyotimes.com Modern Tokyo Times – International News and Japan Newshttp://sawakoart.com – Sawako Utsumi and her website – Modern Tokyo Times artisthttps://moderntokyonews.com Modern Tokyo News – Tokyo News and International NewsPLEASE JOIN ON TWITTERhttps://twitter.com/MTT_News Modern Tokyo TimesPLEASE JOIN ON FACEBOOKhttp://facebook.com/moderntokyotimes