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The Waiting Years (originally published under the title 女坂 Onnazaka) is a novel by Fumiko Enchi, set within the milieu of an upper-class Japanese family in the last years of the 19th century. It was first published in 1957 and won the Noma Prize. An English translation, by John Bester, has been published by Kodansha. The novel is primarily set in the district of Asakusa and Fukushima Prefecture.

References

1. "Fumiko Enchi 円地文子". J'Lit. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
2. Chieko Irie Mulhern (1994). Japanese Women Writers: A Bio-critical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 44. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
3. Scott J. Miller (2010). The A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater. Scarecrow Press. p. 21. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
4. Rebecca L. Copeland; Chiyo Uno (1992). The Sound of the Wind: The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo. University of Hawaii Press. p. 66. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

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