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The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan

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The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan - Seidensticker, Edward (Translated by)
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This diary of a mid-Heian noblewoman, chronicling her confinement in the lonely grandeur of court life, is one of the earliest attempt in Japanese literature at historical narrative.

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The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan 1989, Tuttle Publishing, Boston

ISBN-13: 9780804811231

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