Beschreibung:
These diaries are a remarkable record of court life in eleventh century Japan. They are the personal accounts of three young girls, Sarashina, daughter of a Governor of Kazusa, Murasaki Shikibu, and Izumi Shikibu, daughter of a Governor of Echizen.
INTRODUCTION I. THE SARASHINA DIARY II. THE DIARY OF MURASAKI SHIKIBU III. THE DIARY OF IZUMI SHIKIBU