Travelers of a hundred ages
By: Donald Keene.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
Subjects: Japanese diaries -- To 1868 -- History and criticism.
Description: Donald Keene presents here a collection of premodern Japanese diaries that is both a literary history of this genre and a source of insight into Japanese life of the last thousand years. Ranging from objective to confessional, selections such as "The Poetic Memoirs of Lady Dalbu" and "Diaries of Seventeenth-Century Courtiers" offer unparalleled glimpses into the lives of diverse writers from the Kamakura dynastic period to the Tokugawa period.

Illuminating the hidden and largely unknown worlds of imperial courts, Buddhist monasteries, country inns, and merchants' houses, Travelers of a Hundred Ages is an intimate account of the diarists' lives and a testimony to the struggles and advances of Japanese culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-449) )and index.
Revision of: 1989 ed.