This book sold about 30, 000 copies in its first two editions.
The role of women in Japan is much in the news today as a result of declining population and government's efforts to increase women's roles in the workplace; Japanese women are drawing the attention of world media.
The geisha and obedient mother/daughter are still common tropes used to discuss Japanese women. Even 30 years after publication, this book's message is important and valid.
The new introduction from the publisher looks back on how roles of women and their position in society has changed over the years, and makes it clear why this book is needed now.
The author is active in online and in social media, especially the LGBT community, and is always connecting feminist struggle in Japan to the US and elsewhere.
This book is divided into easy communicated and simple topics that lend themselves to quick browsing: sex, motherhood, and growing old.
Provides important historical and cultural background information that make this book a must-buy for anyone hoping to understand situation of women in Japan today. 
