Description
This reader's edition streamlines Sonja Arntzen and Moriyuki Ito's acclaimed translation of the Sarashina Diary for general readers and classroom use. This translation captures the lyrical richness of the original text while revealing its subtle structure and ironic meaning, highlighting the author's deep concern for Buddhist belief and practice and the juxtaposition of poetic passages and narrative prose. The translators' commentary offers insight into the author's family and world, as well as the style, structure, and textual history of her work.
About the Author
Sonja Arntzen is professor emerita of literature at the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta. Her books include The Kagero Diary: A Woman's Autobiographical Text from Tenth-Century Japan (1997).
Ito Moriyuki is professor of Japanese literature at Gakushuin Women's College in Tokyo. His book Sarashina nikki kenkyu (Research on the Sarashina Diary, 1995) is recognized as the definitive work on the diary.
Book Information
ISBN 9780231186773
Author Sugawara no Takasue no Musume Sugawara no Takasue no Musume
Format Paperback
Page Count 168
Imprint Columbia University Press
Publisher Columbia University Press