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Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan

Amy Lowell, Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, Murasaki Shikibu, Izumi Shikibu

Read by Elsie Selwyn, Elvia Quintana, Rapunzelina, Claudia Caldi and Seraphina · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Introduction by Amy Lowell (36:42)
The Sarashina Diary Part 1 (39:56)
The Sarashina Diary Part 2 (37:29)
The Sarashina Diary Part 3 (25:43)
The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu Part 1 (52:12)
The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu Part 2 (32:20)
The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu Part 3 (44:39)
The Diary of Izumi Shikibu Part 1 (42:37)
The Diary of Izumi Shikibu Part 2 (38:58)