Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan by Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha

Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan

Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator), Dennis Washburn (Contributor)

274 pages digital 974

4 editions

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Gossamer Years is a remarkably frank diary written by an unnamed noblewoman in Tenth-century Japan—the same period as Murasaki Shikibu's celebrated Tale of Genji. In her diary, the author describes her tempestuous and unhappy marriage and growing ...

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