Diaries of court ladies of old Japan

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Diaries of court ladies of old Japan

translated by Annie Shepley Omori and Kochi Doi ; with an introduction by Amy Lowell

Routledge, 2016

  • : pbk

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Originally published: London : Kegan Paul , 2005

"Murasaki Shikibu, Izumi Shikibu and Lady Sarashina"--Cover

収録内容

  • The Sarashina diary
  • The diary of Murasaki Shikibu
  • The diary of Izumi Shikibu

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Heian period (794-1186AD) of Japanese history - the setting of The Tale of Genji - was an era of unsurpassed refinement in art and literature, in which women played a unique role. Dominated by the mighty Fujiwara clan, the Japanese court was the bright centre of a world in which rare and exquisite taste in poetry, art, calligraphy, dress, incense, colour, even the selection of gifts, was cultivated to an amazing degree. This gossamer veil of beauty masked another reality of political intrigue and passionate rivalries which intensified the heady atmosphere of a court in which flirtations and love affairs were endemic. Cultivated and artistic women held a privileged position at court, and they perfected the literary genre of diaries that combined subtlety, strength and starkness in their depictions of life in this enclosed and dream-like world. These diaries are among the jewels of Japanese literature and three are presented here - The Sarashina Diary, the Diary of Izumi Shikibu and the Diary of Murasaki Shikibu - with an introduction by the poet Amy Lowell, an early admirer of Japanese literature.

目次

INTRODUCTION I. THE SARASHINA DIARY II. THE DIARY OF MURASAKI SHIKIBU III. THE DIARY OF IZUMI SHIKIBU

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