Heian Japanese Project

Here’s a list of Heian Japanese books I’m reading for this:

• Ochikubo Monogatari, by Anonymous (Review here)
• The Pillow Book, by Sei Shonagon (c.1002)
• The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikubu (c.1021)
• The Diary of Murasaki, by Murasaki Shikubu (c.1010)
• The Tosa Diary, by Ki no Tsurayaki (c.936), in Japanese Poetic Diaries, ed. Earl Miner (Reviews here and here)
• The Diary of Izumi Shikibu, by Izumi Shikibu (c.1003), in Japanese Poetic Diaries, ed. Earl Miner
• The Kagero Diary, by Mitchitsuna’s Mother (c.971)
• As I Crossed A Bridge of Dreams, by Lady Sarashina (mid 1000s) (I’ve read this but not reviewed it / will read it again after Genji)

And a few more modern works:

• Hōjōki, by Kamo no Chōmei (1212)
• The Confessions of Lady Nijo, by Lady Nijo (c.1307)
• Heike Monogatari, by Uncertain (1371?)
• The Narrow Road Through the Provinces, by Matsuo Basho (c.1689)
• The Verse Record of My Peonies, by Masaoka Shiki (c.1899)

With orientatation provided by:

• The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan, by Ivan Morris

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