Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
Lowell, Amy (EDT)
Lowell, Amy (INT)
Omori, Annie Shepley (TRN)
Doi, Kochi (TRN)
Shikibu, Murasaki, Lady
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BOOK SUMMARY
Three well-educated ladies wrote these diaries, among them the skilled writer Murasaki Shikibu (ca. 973-1025 a.d.). A lady-in-waiting to the Japanese Empress, she observed the upper classes with fine detail. The Sarashina Diary, begins with a 9-year-old g
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Three well-educated ladies wrote these diaries, among them the skilled writer Murasaki Shikibu (ca. 973-1025 a.d.). A lady-in-waiting to the Japanese Empress, she observed the upper classes with fine detail. The Sarashina Diary, begins with a 9-year-old girl's dreams and ends with the grown woman's account of her husband's funeral (1009-1059 a.d.). 2 color illustrations. 12 black-and-white illustrations. Appendix.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0486432041
ISBN(13-digit): 9780486432045
Copyright: 2003
Dewey Decimal: 895.6/81403
Library of Congress: 2003053263
Book Publisher: Dover Pubns
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 256
Paper Weight (lb): 0.7
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