{"product_id":"the-gossamer-years-the-diary-of-a-noblewoman-of-heian-japan-tuttle-classics","title":"The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan (Tuttle Classics)","description":"Kagero Nikki, translated here as The Gossamer Years, belongs to the same period as the celebrated Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikuibu.\n\nThis remarkably frank autobiographical diary and personal confession attempts to describe a difficult relationship as it reveals two tempestuous decades of the author's unhappy marriage and her growing indignation at rival wives and mistresses.\n\nToo impetuous to be satisfied as a subsidiary wife, this beautiful (and unnamed) noblewoman of the Heian dynasty protests the marriage system of her time in one of Japanese literature's earliest attempts to portray difficult elements of the predominant social hierarchy.\n\nA classic work of early Japanese prose, The Gossamer Years is an important example of the development of Heian literature, which, at its best, represents an extraordinary flowering of realistic expression, an attempt, unique for its age, to treat the human condition with frankness and honesty. A timeless and intimate glimpse into the culture of ancient Japan, this translation by Edward Seidensticker paints a revealing picture of married life in the Heian period.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0804811237\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0804811237.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Seidensticker, Edward\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Mass market paperback in GOOD condition with normal wear from use. Cover art my differ from that shown in photo.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43087342239805,"sku":"BVV.0804811237.G","price":5.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0804811237-0.jpg?v=1775426215","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-gossamer-years-the-diary-of-a-noblewoman-of-heian-japan-tuttle-classics","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}