{"product_id":"the-sarashina-nikki-paperback","title":"The Sarashina nikki - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67951202533599,"sku":"9789492722294","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/O7VImBFGAX9789492722294.webp?v=1791607883","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-sarashina-nikki-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}