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Diary of Lady Murasaki

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ISBN-10: 0141907657

ISBN-13: 9780141907659

Edition: N/A

Authors: Lady Murasaki, Richard Bowring, Richard Bowring

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The Diary recorded by Lady Murasaki (c. 973-c. 1020), author of The Tale of Genji, is an intimate picture of her life as tutor and companion to the young Empress Shoshi. Told in a series of vignettes, it offers revealing glimpses of the Japanese imperial palace - the auspicious birth of a prince, rivalries between the Emperor's consorts, with sharp criticism of Murasaki's fellow ladies-in-waiting and drunken courtiers, and telling remarks about the timid Empress and her powerful father, Michinaga. The Diary is also a work of great subtlety and intense personal reflection, as Murasaki makes penetrating insights into human psychology - her pragmatic observations always balanced by an…    
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List price: $8.99
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Publication date: 3/7/1996