Volumes and Main Names Included Volume 1 - Fire and Burning Women's Literature Akiko Yosano, Toshiko Tamura, Kanoko Okamoto, Yuriko Miyamoto, Fumiko Hayashi, Taiko Hirabayashi, etc. Volume 2 - Talented Women Who Blossomed in the Meiji Era Sada Yacco, Utako Shimoda, Kaho Miyake, Ichiyo Higuchi, Toshiko Kishida, Umeko Tsuda Volume 3 - The Dawn of International Marriage Mitsuko Coudenhove-Kalergi, Yone Noguchi, Yuki Morgan, Hana Baelz, Tama Ragusa, Ine Siebold, etc. Volume 4 - Passion for Love and Art Sumako Matsui, Tamaki Miura, Hakuren Yanagihara, Shigure Hasegawa, Chieko Takamura, Shizuki Fujikage, Asao Hara, etc. Volume 5 - The Glory of Independent Women Raicho Hiratsuka, Kajiko Yajima, Motoko Hani, Fusae Ichikawa, Waka Yamada, Itsue Takagami Volume 6 - The Romance of Rebellious Women Suga Kanno, Eiko Fukuda, Noe Ito, Fumiko Kaneko, Fusako Kutsumi, Ryoko Kawashima Volume 7 - The Intellectual Passion of Meiji Women Ginko Ogino, Hana Wada, Misako Kawahara, Kokko Soma, Shoen Uemura, Fumiko Miyata, Kikue Yamakawa Volume 8 - Lifetimes Dedicated to the Love of Humanity Takeko Kujo, Nao Deguchi, Yaeko Batchelor, Masako Ogawa, Teru Hasegawa, Miki Sawada, Nao Yamaguchi, etc. (Women who dedicated their lives to service and social work). This is a set of "A History of Modern Women: A Woman's Life," edited by Harumi Setouchi, published by Kodansha from July 1980 to May 1981 (first edition, with the 3rd printing for Volume 1 only), with obi (missing for Volume 8). There is some age-related yellowing, but no stains, writing, or library stamps. The cover design is by Hideo Ichikawa, and the illustrations are by Yumeji Takehisa. Please consider purchasing, understanding that these are old books from 45 years ago.