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The Kagerō diary : a woman's autobiographical text from tenth-century Japan /

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Japan is the only country in the world where women writers laid the foundations of classical literature. The Kagero Diary commands our attention as the first extant work of that rich and brilliant tradition. The author, known to posterity as Michitsuna's Mother, a member of the middle-ranking a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michitsuna no Haha, approximately 935-995
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Arntzen, Sonja, 1945- (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 1997.
Series:Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 19.
Subjects:
Michitsuna no Haha, > approximately 935-995 > Diaries.
Michitsuna no Haha > ca. 935-995 > Diaries.
Michitsuna no Haha, > approximately 935-995.
Authors, Japanese > Heian period, 794-1185 > Diaries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Authors, Japanese > Heian period.
794-1185
Electronic books.
Diaries.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Kagerō Diary
  • Book One
  • Book Two
  • Book Three
  • The Poetry of Michitsuna's Mother
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author