The gossamer years

the diary of a noblewoman of Heian, Japan.

by Michitsuna no Haha

1973 201 pages eng

"This frank autobiographical diary reveals two tempestuous decades of the author's unhappy marriage and her growing indignation at rival wives and mistresses. Too impetuous to be satisfied as a subsidiary wife, this beautiful noblewoman of the Heian dynasty protests the marriage system of her time i…