{"product_id":"the-sarashina-nikki-musume-sugawara-no-takasue-9789492722294","title":"The Sarashina nikki","description":"\u003cp\u003eSugawara no Takasue no Musume (1008-59), a lady-in-waiting to Princess Sukeko, is a typical exponent of Heian court culture-her sharp awareness of beauty only checked by her keen sense of its transitory nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by Murasaki Shikibu's then already famous \u003cem\u003eGenji monogatari\u003c\/em\u003e, the author seeks to achieve the same romantic fulfillment of that work's hero and commits her thoughts, emotions, and experiences to a memoir she named the \u003cem\u003eSarashina nikki\u003c\/em\u003e in an allusion to a much-loved poem from the \u003cem\u003eKokin wakashū\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the most evocative part of the \u003cem\u003eSarashina nikki\u003c\/em\u003e is her three-month journey to the capital following her father's recall from his governorship of Kazusa, which offers rare descriptions of the more remote regions of Heian Japan-its blinding white beaches, its majestic mountains, its dark forests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove all, the Sarashina nikki is a poignant record of a woman's deep romantic yearning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Musume Sugawara No Takasue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9492722291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789492722294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Toyo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Musume Sugawara No Takasue","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944078115071,"sku":"9789492722294","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ba551cd8-8b66-44e1-bd4a-8f31c1214968.jpg?v=1681501661","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sarashina-nikki-musume-sugawara-no-takasue-9789492722294","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}