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008			250312042016GB eng
020			_a9781138967649
037			_bTaylor & Francis _cGBP 45.99 _fBB
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041			_aeng
072	7		_aJHM _2thema
072	7		_aJHM _2bic
072	7		_aSOC002000 _2bisac
072	7		_a895.681403 _2bisac
100	1		_aLady Sarashina
245	1	0	_aDiaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
250			_a1
260			_aOxford _bRoutledge _c20160808
300			_a264 p
520			_bThe Heian period (794-1186AD) of Japanese history - the setting of The Tale of Genji - was an era of unsurpassed refinement in art and literature, in which women played a unique role. Dominated by the mighty Fujiwara clan, the Japanese court was the bright centre of a world in which rare and exquisite taste in poetry, art, calligraphy, dress, incense, colour, even the selection of gifts, was cultivated to an amazing degree. This gossamer veil of beauty masked another reality of political intrigue and passionate rivalries which intensified the heady atmosphere of a court in which flirtations and love affairs were endemic. Cultivated and artistic women held a privileged position at court, and they perfected the literary genre of diaries that combined subtlety, strength and starkness in their depictions of life in this enclosed and dream-like world. These diaries are among the jewels of Japanese literature and three are presented here - The Sarashina Diary, the Diary of Izumi Shikibu and the Diary of Murasaki Shikibu - with an introduction by the poet Amy Lowell, an early admirer of Japanese literature.
700	1		_aAnnie Shepley Omori _4B01
700	1		_aMurasaki Shikibu _4A01
700	1		_aKoichi Doi _4B01
700	1		_aIzumi Shikibu _4A01
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