Sugawara No Takasue No Musume Sugawara No Takasue No Musume: 2 books
The Sarashina Diary
A Woman's Life in Eleventh-Century Japan
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
A thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl embarked on a journey from the wild East Country to the capital. She began a diary that she would continue to write for the next forty years and compile later in life, bringing lasting prestige to her family.
Some aspects of the author's life and...
The Sarashina Diary
A Woman's Life in Eleventh-Century Japan (Reader's Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
A thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl embarked on a journey from deep in the countryside of eastern Japan to the capital. Forty years later, with the long account of that journey as a foundation, the mature woman skillfully created an autobiography that incorporates many moments of heightened...