The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan by

The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan

with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

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Kagero Nikki, translated here as The Gossamer Years, belongs to the same period as the celebrated Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikuibu. This remarkably frank autobiographical diary and personal confession attempts to describe a difficult relationshi...

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