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Published
Penguin, November 2006
ISBN
9780140448061
Format
Softcover, 400 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 13cm × 2.2cm

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New translation of a book that has sold over 100,000 in its previous version

A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese Classics.

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