As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

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As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-century Japan Sarashina - Author Ivan Morris - Translator Ivan Morris - Introduction by £10.99 Book: Paperback \| 129 x 198mm \| 176 pages \| ISBN 9780140442823 \| 30 Jan 1975 \| Penguin Classic

Born at the height of the Heian period, the pseudonymous Lady Sarashina reveals much about the Japanese literary tradition in this haunting self-portrait. ‘It is like seeing a garden at night in which certain parts are lit up so brightly that we can distinguish each blade of grass, each minute insect, each nuance of colour, while the rest of the garden and the tidal wave that threatens it remain in darkness’ – Ivan Morris As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams Illustrations and Maps
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Introduction
Translation: As I Crossed A Bridge of Dreams
Notes
Index to Notes