Note 6 — JAPAN IN THE TENTH CENTURY

In Court Ladies of Old Japan (Constable, 1921) two diaries of the period, as well as that of Murasaki, are translated. Of these, the ‘Diary of Izumi Shikibu’ is not a genuine document, but a romance written round the well-known story of Izumi’s love-affairs; the Sarashina Diary is a much worked-up and highly literary production. For the Kagerō nikki, ‘Gossamer Diary,’ see introduction to The Tale of Genji, vol. ii.