I Saw a Pale Horse & Selections from Diary of a Vagabond (Cornell East Asia, No. 86) (Cornell East Asia Series Vol 86)

Hayashi Fumiko, one of the most popular prose writers of the Showa era, began writing as a down-and-out poet wandering the streets of 1920s Tokyo. The early texts focus on Fumiko’s unconventional life and her construction of a female subject that would challenge accepted notions of class, family, and gender, as well as poetic practice.