Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
by Amy Lowell, Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, Murasaki Shikibu, Izumi Shikibu
Chapter 1 of 9 Introduction by Amy Lowell
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- Running time
- 5 h 51 min
- Language
- English
- Readers
- Claudia Caldi, Elsie Selwyn, Elvia Quintana, Rapunzelina, Seraphina
- Translated by
- Kochi Doi, Annie Shepley Omori
Chapters
About this recording
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