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Sarashina Nikki

Author

Lady Sarashina (Takasue's daughter)

Language

Classical Japanese

Year

1000s

Country

Japan

Genre

Biography / Memoir / Reportage

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The Sarashina Diary is a memoir written by the daughter of Sugawara no Takasue, a lady-in-waiting of Heian-period Japan. Her work stands out for its descriptions of her travels and pilgrimages and is unique in the literature of the period, as well as one of the first in the genre of travel writing.