At the House of Gathered Leaves: Shorter Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives from Japanese Court Literature

At the House of Gathered Leaves: Shorter Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives from Japanese Court Literature

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At the House of Gathered Leaves: Shorter Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives from Japanese Court Literature

At the House of Gathered Leaves: Shorter Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives from Japanese Court Literature

Written by Joshua S. Mostow
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This collection of Japanese women's diary literature (nikki bungaku) begins with The Takemitsu Journal (also known as The Tale of the Tonomine Lesser Captain, c. 962), an important precursor and model for the famous Kagero Diary, and Tales of Toyokage (c. 971), a fictionalized re-working of his own poems by Regent Koremasa himself. It also includes the first complete English translations of the Hon'in no Jiju and of the narrative section of The Collected Poems of Lady Ise. The volume concludes with the Tales of Takamura (1185-1333), which Mostow describes as a site of struggle between masculine and feminine narrative styles.

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Published August, 2004
ISBN 895528
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Joshua S. Mostow is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Joshua S. Mostow can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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