Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan

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Amy Lowell, Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, Izumi Shikibu and Murasaki Shikibu

A collection of three translated diaries written during the latter part of the Heian Period (11th century A.D.). The original authors, Sugawara no Takasue no musume, Murasaki Shikibu, and Izumi Shikibu, were all women of the Japanese court; the latter two known also for their novels and poetry, respectively. - Summary by Wikisource (5 hr 50 min)

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