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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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1 | (18) |
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Contexts and Pre-Texts of Early Heian Memoirs |
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19 | (36) |
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Gossamer Years---Coping with Love and Social Uncertainty |
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55 | (52) |
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Lady Izumi's Story---Poetry, Romance, Strategy |
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107 | (42) |
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Lady Murasaki's Journal---the Elicitation and Regulation of Beauty |
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149 | (40) |
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The Sarashina Memoir---Writing Solutions |
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189 | (66) |
| Conclusion |
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255 | (10) |
| Appendix One Early Memoir Manuscripts |
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265 | (3) |
| Appendix Two Monographs Used for Translating the Memories and Resources for Further Research |
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268 | (4) |
| Appendix Three Political, Social, Technical, and Literary Conditions Contributing to the Advent, Theme, and Form of the First Women's Memoirs |
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272 | (9) |
| Glossary |
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281 | (15) |
| Bibliography |
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296 | (13) |
| Index |
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