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更級日記(上)

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『更級日記』は、幼いときから文学にあこがれていた平安の一女性が、晩年、一生を省みて綴った幻想的な日記である。上巻は--十歳ごろ地方官の父に伴われ上総に下って、つれづれな明け暮れの中に文学に心を奪われる--父の任が満ち作者一族は長い苦しい旅の末、京に帰り、ようよう得た物語を夢ともうつつとも読みふける--父は再び任官、遠国に発ち、作者は母と京に寂しく残る。やがて父は帰京、老いた今は作者一人を頼りきる(上下二巻)。

218 pages, Paperback

Published August 8, 1977

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Lady Sarashina

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Takasue's Daughter, or Sugawara no Takasue no musume, (菅原孝標女, c.1008 - after 1059) was a Japanese author. "Sugawara no Takasue no musume" means a daughter of Sugawara no Takasue. Her real name is unknown. However, British scholar Ivan Morris, who translated her diary, referred to her as Lady Sarashina.

She is known for her classic Heian period travel diary, the Sarashina nikki.

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