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Michitsuna no Haha

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Michitsuna no Haha (c.935-995) was a Heian period writer in Japan. Her true name is unknown to history. The term Michitsuna no Haha literally translates to Michitsuna's mother. She is a member of the Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals (中古三十六歌仙 chūko sanjurokkasen).

She wrote the Kagerō Nikki about her troubled marriage to Fujiwara no Kaneie, (who served as Sesshō and Kampaku,) which is a classic of Japanese literature.

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Average rating: 3.77 · 754 ratings · 84 reviews · 7 distinct works

	The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan by Michitsuna no Haha, Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 746 ratings — published 974 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	土佐日記蜻蛉日記紫式部日記更級日記 by Ki no Tsurayuki, Michitsuna no Haha, Murasaki Shikibu 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Japanese classical you want to read only this - dragonfly diary (Kadokawa Bunko mini - Mini Classics (166)) (1999) ISBN: 4047002690 [Japanese Import] really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	現代語訳平家物語 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragonfly diary (Iwanami Bunko) (1996) ISBN: 4003001419 [Japanese Import] it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Michitsuna no Haha (?)

“And so the months and the years have gone by, but little has turned out well for me. Each new year in turn has failed to bring happiness. Indeed, as I think of the unsatisfying events I have recorded here, I wonder whether I have been describing anything of substance. Call it, this journal of mine, a shimmering of the summer sky.”
― Michitsuna no Haha

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“Love

Thinking, thinking thus,
loving thus, there is no sleep,
I see him, we meet,
to be woken from that dream
that is suffering indeed.”
― Michitsuna no Haha, The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan

tags: heian, heian-period, kagero-diary, love, love-poem, love-poetry, poem, poetry

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“Autumn passed, and winter came, and events of little consequence caused great commotions.”
― Michitsuna no Haha, The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan

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