The Diary of Lady Murasaki

Japanese author Lady Murasaki records her life as tutor to the Japanese empress, whose service she entered in 1006, offering inside glimpses of the Japanese imperial palace. This is the diary of Lady Murasaki, the Japanese prose writer. It describes the Heian court at its apogee and offers an intimate picture of the author's life as tutor and companion to the timid Empress Shoshi. It reveals the underside of imperial splendour from a female point of view.

• | Author: Murasaki Shikibu, Richard Bowring
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Mar 07, 1996
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780140435764
• | ISBN-10: 014043576X