The diary of Lady Murasaki
Murasaki Shikibu, 978?-1996
Book
This translation of the diary of Japan's greatest prose writer, author of the Tale of Genji, is a highly personalised mixture of self-analysis and reportage, affording an atmospheric picture of the Heian Court at its apogee.
Main title:
The diary of Lady Murasaki / translated with an introduction by Richard Bowring.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 1996.
Collation:
160p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9780140435764 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.681403A895.681403MUR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
408181