Towazu-gatari

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Towazu-gatari

work by Lady Nijō

Also known as: “The Confessions of Lady Nijō”

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Japanese literature
Kamakura period (1192–1333)
…of travel is the superb Towazu-gatari (c. 1307; “A Story Nobody Asked For”; Eng. trans. The Confessions of Lady Nijō) by Lady Nijō, a work (discovered only in 1940) that provides a final moment of glory to the long tradition of introspective writing by women at court.
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…of travel is the superb Towazu-gatari (c. 1307; “A Story Nobody Asked For”; Eng. trans. The Confessions of Lady Nijō) by Lady Nijō, a work (discovered only in 1940) that provides a final moment of glory to the long tradition of introspective writing by women at court.
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