• Edgar Allan Poe: His Reception and Influence Abroad
• Comparative Literature, Critical Theory, Literary Criticism, Studies of Modernism
• Women's Studies: The Expression of Self in Modern and Contemporary Literature, Modern Japanese Women Poets

Books and Co-Authorships

1. Reality and Fiction in Modern Japanese Literature New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1980. London: Macmillan, 1980.
2. Crime and Dream:The World of Edgar Allan Poe [Edoga aranpo no sekai—tsumi to yume]. Nan'un-do Publishing, 1982.
3. From Heroine to Hero: The Female Self and Expression [Hiroin kara hiro e—josei no jiga to hyougen]. Tabata Shoten, 1982.
4. Beyond Feminism: The Unconscious and Expression in Writing by Women [Feminizumu no kanata—josei hyougen no shinsou]. Kodansha. Ltd., 1991.
5. Japanese Women Writers: Twentieth Century Fiction. Introduction. Comp. and trans. with Kyoko Selden. Rev. ed. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1991
6. The Landscape of Narrative and Anti-Narrative: Literature and Women's Imaginations [Monogatari to han monogatari no fuukei—bungaku to josei no souzou ryouku]. Tabata Shoten, 1993.
7. "In Search of a Lost Paradise: The Wandering Woman in Hayashi Fumiko's Drifting Clouds." In Schalow, Paul G. and Janet A. Walker, eds. The Woman's Hand: Gender and Theory in Japanese Women's Writing. Stanford UP, 1996.
8. The Feminism of Mother and Daughter Relationships: Beyond the Contemporary Family [Haha to musume no feminizumu—kindai okazoku wo koete]. Tabata Shoten, 1996.
9. The Sociology of Sexuality: Iwanami Lectures in Modern Social Studies No. 10 [Iwanami kouza gendai shakai gaku 10 — sekushuariti no shakai gaku]. Iwanami shoten, 1996.
10. "Poe in Japan" and "Tanizaki Junichiro," in Vines, Lois Davis, ed. Poe Abroad: Influence, Reputation, Affinities. University of Iowa Press, 1999.
11. "The End of the Prostitute as an Object of Fantasy: Jun'nosuke Yoshiyuki and the Transformation of Sexually Delineated Society." In Okano, Yukie et al, eds. Prostitution in Japanese Literature [Baibai shun to nihon bungaku]. Tokyodo Publishing Co., Ltd., 2002
12. Women's Self-Expression in the 20th Century: Towards the Externality of Gender Culture [Nijuu seiki no josei hyougen—jendaa bunka no gaibu]. Gakugei Shorin Co., Ltd., 2003.
13. Encounters with Women's Studies [Josei gaku to no deai]. Shueisya Inc., 2004.
14. Midori Ozaki: The World of the Questing Seventh Sense [Ozaki midori: dai-nana kankai houkou no sekai]. Shintensha Publishing Co., Ltd., 2005
15. In Women and the "Korean Wave" Subculture [Hanryuu sabukaruchua to josei]. Shibundo, 2006.
16. A Collection of Poems: Homebound Road [Kiro]. Shichosha, 2008.