The Tosa Diary
Publisher,Tuttle Publishing
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Format, Paperback
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No. of Pages, 128
Shelf: Fiction / Adult Fiction
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The Tosa Diary reveals the life of a traveller in 10-century Japan whose journey lasted 55 days on a ship from Tosa, where Ki no Tsurayuki served as governor to Kyoto. This engaging translation provides the modern reader with a fascinating look at ancient Japanese life and travel, and is written with an artless simplicity and quiet humour. Seasickness, grief, and pride are just a few of the emotions readers will feel as Tsurayuki's personalised account unravels.
Complete with a detailed introduction and thorough translation notes, The Tosa Diary can be counted among those that are labelled Japanese classics.
About the Author
Ki no Tsurayuki (872–945) was a Japanese author, poet and court noble of the Heian period, best known for his waka (short Japanese poems). He is one of the compilers of the Kokin Wakashū, the first imperially sponsored anthology of waka. He is believed to be the author of The Tosa Diary (Tosa Nikki in Japanese), which was published anonymously.
Dimensions: 13.3 x 1.27 x 20.32 cm
