Here is a collection of sexy, brief, fleeting poems about love, lust and longing. They origina...

These translated poems were written by 2 ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and...

The Heian period (794-1186AD) of Japanese history - the setting of The Tale of Genji - was an era...

The Heian period (794-1186AD) of Japanese history - the setting of The Tale of Genji - was an era...

Here is a collection of sexy, brief, fleeting poems about love, lust and longing. They originate ...

Izumi Shikibu (978-??), author, femme fatale, and prominent member of the Heian court, was first ...

These translated poems were written by 2 ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and...

These diaries are a remarkable record of court life in eleventh century Japan. They are the perso...

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