Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan by Kochi Doi, Lady Sarashina, Murasaki Shikibu, Izumi Shikibu, Amy Lowell, Annie Shepley Omori

198 pages 2003

12 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Because women in ancient Japan enjoyed high status, they were well-educated and reasonably independent. They also produced much of the country's best literature. Three of these amazing ladies wrote these diaries, among them the highly skilled writ...

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