The Gossamer Years
Japanese diary
Also known as: “Kagerō nikki”
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Japanese literary diaries
- In Japanese literature: Prose
Kagerō nikki (The Gossamer Years) describes the life between 954 and 974 of the second wife of Fujiwara Kaneie, a prominent court official. The first volume, related long after the events, is in the manner of an autobiographical novel; even the author confesses that her remembrances are…
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