Gender and National Literature: Heian Texts in the Constructions of Japanese ModernityBoldly challenging traditional understandings of Heian literature, Tomiko Yoda reveals the connections between gender, nationalism, and cultural representation evident in prevailing interpretations of classic Heian texts. Renowned for the wealth and sophistication of women's writing, the literature of the Heian period (794 1192) has long been considered central to the Japanese literary canon and Japanese national identity. Yoda historicizes claims