As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
recollections of a woman in eleventh-century Japan
by Sugawara no Takasue no Musume
Born in A.D. 1008 at the height of the Heian Period, the Lady Sarashina (as she is known) left behind her a diary that is remarkable for its wistfulness and sensitivity. Its shy and vulnerable author found happiness neither in her work at court nor with her family, and projected into her writing dreams and veiled longings that are both timeless and poignant.
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Biography, Court and courtiers, Diaries, History, Japanese Authors, Japanese Women authors, Women, Femmes âecrivains, Femmes âecrivains japonaises, Biographies, Littâerature japonaise, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Japan, fiction, Women, japan, Eleventh centuryPlaces
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As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: recollections of a woman in eleventh-century Japan
1975, Penguin Books
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0140442820 9780140442823
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First Sentence
"I was brought up in a part of the country so remote that it lies beyond the end of the Great East Road."
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Translation of: Sarashina nikki (romanized form)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The cover shows a detail of the Shotoku Taishi E-den by Munezane (Heian period), in the National Museum, Tokyo.
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