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Troubled Waters - Ichiyo Higuchi Only a select few -Ichiyo Higuchi, Japan's first professional female author, wrote about daily life with unprecedented intimacy and honesty. This new translation of her finest stories showcases the profound sensitivity, lyrical eye and classical elegance of a revered Japanese writer. Vividly evoking the colourful festivals and salty street banter of Tokyo's turn of the century red light district, delicately eliciting its inhabitants' quiet yearning and regret, Higuchi