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"Comparing heights"), English titles including Growing Up and Child's Play, is a novella by Japanese writer Ichiyō Higuchi, first published in 1895–96. [1] It depicts a group of youths growing up in Shitaya Ryūsenji-chō, Yoshiwara , Meiji era Tokyo 's red light district, over a span of four months.
Natsuko Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口 夏子, Hepburn: Higuchi Natsuko, 2 May 1872 – 23 November 1896), known by her pen name Higuchi Ichiyō (樋口 一葉), was a Japanese writer during the Meiji era. She was Japan's first professional woman writer of modern literature, specializing in short stories and poetry, and was also an extensive diarist.
Nigorie was written by Higuchi in June–July 1895 and originally delivered to Ōhashi Otowa, the editor of Bungei kurabu magazine, with the final chapter missing. Higuchi sketched six different endings for the story, including one in which Tomonosuke takes Oriki away from the Kikunoi, before she chose the now existing ending, which she sent to ...
An Inlet of Muddy Water (Japanese: にごりえ, romanized: Nigorie), also titled Muddy Waters, is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Tadashi Imai.Based on three short stories by Ichiyō Higuchi, it received numerous national film prizes and is regarded as a major work of Imai by film historians.
The Thirteenth Night (Japanese: 十三夜, Hepburn: Jūsan'ya) is a short story by Japanese writer Ichiyō Higuchi first published in 1895. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It follows Oseki Harada, a woman married to an abusive husband, who visits her parents to ask for their assent to a divorce.
On the Last Day of the Year first appeared in the December 1894 edition of Bungakukai magazine [2] and was reprinted in Tayo magazine in 1896. [1] Generally regarded today as "the first of a series of masterpieces" from Higuchi, according to her biographer Timothy J. Van Compernolle, it initially met with little attention and some unfavourable reviews. [1]
Higuchi Ichiyo Vice-Captain of the Wrestling Club and a lesbian who has the hots for Tamako. While a capable fighter (believed to be her school's strongest fighter), Higuchi, like Shiba with Tamako (whom Shiba is infatuated with), tends to get distracted easily during matches when fighting at the presence of buxom fighters like Mukoda or Kumouko.
The series was released on 1 November 2004. The front side includes a portrait of Ichiyo Higuchi, a Meiji era writer and poet. The reverse side depicts Japanese irises (kakitsubata) from the Irises screen by Korin Ogata. [3] Extensive anti-counterfeiting measures are present in the banknote.