Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan by Kochi Doi, Lady Sarashina, Murasaki Shikibu, Izumi Shikibu, Amy Lowell, Annie Shepley Omori

198 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Because women in ancient Japan enjoyed high status, they were well-educated and reasonably independent. They also produced much of the country's best literature. Three of these amazing ladies wrote these diaries, among them the highly skilled writ...

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