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As I crossed a bridge of dreams : recollections of a woman in eleventh-century Japan


A Lady-in-waiting at a Heian court in medieval Japan records her personal feelings and reactions to social standards. Its shy and vulnerable author found happiness neither in her work at court nor with her family, and projected into her writing veiled longings that are both timeless and poignant.


The Sarashina diary



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