From the Court-Lady's Diaries to the Diary Literature by Female Writers : Focussing on Murasaki Shikibu's Diary(<Feature Articles>The Conceptions of the Ancient Diary Literature)

Miyazaki Sohei

doi:10.20620/nihonbungaku.32.5_37

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女房日記から女流日記文学へ : 『紫式部日記』を中心として(<特集>古代日記文学史の構想)
女房日記から女流日記文学へ--「紫式部日記」を中心として
ニョウボウニッキカラジョリュウニッキブンガクエムラサキシキブニ

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It is necessary to talk about various backgrounds and factors when we discussthe origin and the development of the so called diary literature by female writers. Murasaki Shikibu's Diary, having the characteristic elements of a traditionalcourt lady's diary, differs from the work like Kagero Diary. Court lady's diarieswere written by the women who waited upon the empress or the second consortof an emperor called "chugu", and we can trace back its origin to Taigo Gyoki,the documents of Chugu Onshi. In Murasaki Shikibu's Diary we can recognizethe author's personal impressions more often than the characteristics as a court-lady's diary.

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Japanese Literature

Japanese Literature 32 (5), 37-46, 1983

Japanese Literature Association