The gossamer years: the diary of a noblewoman of Heian Japan

"This frank autobiographical diary reveals two tempestuous decades of the author's unhappy marriage and her growing indignation at rival wives and mistresses. Too impetuous to be satisfied as a subsidiary wife, this beautiful noblewoman of the Heian dynasty protests the marriage system of...

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1. Verfasser: Fujiwara-no Michitsuna no haha ca. 10. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Seidensticker, Edward G. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Japanese
Veröffentlicht: Tokyo [u.a.] Tuttle 1964
Schriftenreihe:Unesco collection of representative works : Japanese series
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Zusammenfassung:"This frank autobiographical diary reveals two tempestuous decades of the author's unhappy marriage and her growing indignation at rival wives and mistresses. Too impetuous to be satisfied as a subsidiary wife, this beautiful noblewoman of the Heian dynasty protests the marriage system of her time in one of Japanese literature's earliest attempts to portray difficult elements of the predominant social hierarchy. A classic work of early Japanese prose."--Cover.
Beschreibung:201 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten

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