An edition of Sarashina nikki (1838)

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

recollections of a woman in eleventh-century Japan

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An edition of Sarashina nikki (1838)

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

recollections of a woman in eleventh-century Japan

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Born in A.D. 1008 at the height of the Heian Period, the Lady Sarashina (as she is known) left behind her a diary that is remarkable for its wistfulness and sensitivity. Its shy and vulnerable author found happiness neither in her work at court nor with her family, and projected into her writing dreams and veiled longings that are both timeless and poignant.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
153

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Subjects

Biography, Court and courtiers, Diaries, History, Japanese Authors, Japanese Women authors, Women, Femmes âecrivains, Femmes âecrivains japonaises, Biographies, Littâerature japonaise, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Japan, fiction, Women, japan, Eleventh century

People

Sugawara no Takasue no Musume (b. 1008)

Places

Japan

Times

Heian period, 794-1185

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Cover of: As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: recollections of a woman in eleventh-century Japan
1975, Penguin Books
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First Sentence

"I was brought up in a part of the country so remote that it lies beyond the end of the Great East Road."

Table of Contents

Illustrations and Maps
Page ix
Sections and Chronology
Page xi
Introduction
Page 1
Translation: As I Crossed A Bridge of Dreams
Page 31
Notes
Page 111
Index to Notes
Page 149

Edition Notes

Translation of: Sarashina nikki (romanized form)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The cover shows a detail of the Shotoku Taishi E-den by Munezane (Heian period), in the National Museum, Tokyo.

Published in
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
Series
Penguin Classics
Genre
Autobiography

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xi, 153 p.
Number of pages
153

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18201153M
Internet Archive
asicrossedbridge00sara
ISBN 10
0140442820
LCCN
75006124
OCLC/WorldCat
2398195
Library Thing
361191
Goodreads
14045

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