Gossamer years : love, passion and marriage in old Japan : the intimate diary of a female courtier
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書誌事項
Gossamer years : love, passion and marriage in old Japan : the intimate diary of a female courtier
（Unesco collection of representative works, Japanese ser.）
Tuttle, c2022
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Kagerō nikki
蜻蛉日記
大学図書館所蔵 全3件
内容説明・目次
内容説明
"A self-portrait devastating in its honesty...written passionately and without a thought to how readers might judge her actions."--Donald Keene
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 indignation at the many rival wives and mistresses taken by her husband, as was commonplace at the time. Too impetuous to play the role of a subsidiary wife, the author protests the marriage system in one of Japanese literature's earliest portrayals of the difficulties faced by women in a male-dominated society.
Skillfully translated by Edward Seidensticker, a preeminent scholar of Japanese literature, this book represents an extraordinary flowering of realistic expression in ancient Japan and an attempt, unique for its age, to treat the human condition with frankness and honesty.
A new introduction by Japanese literary scholar Dennis Washburn provides valuable insights into the author's world and examines the book's lasting importance. With dozens of beautiful images illustrating court life in the Heian period, Gossamer Years is a timeless and intimate glimpse into married life and social mores in traditional Japan.
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