{"product_id":"the-confessions-of-lady-nijo","title":"The Confessions of Lady Nijo","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn about 1307 a remarkable woman in Japan sat down to complete the story of her life. The result was an autobiographical narrative  a tale of thirty-six years (1271-1306) in the life of Lady Nijo  starting when she became the concubine of a retired emperor in Kyoto at the age of fourteen and ending  several love affairs later  with an account of her new life as a wandering Buddhist nun. Through the vagaries of history  however  the glory of Lady Nijos story has taken six and half centuries to arrive. The Confessions of Lady Nijo or Towazugatari in Japanese  was not widely circulated after it was written  perhaps because of the dynastic quarrel that soon split the imperial family  or perhaps because of Lady Nijos intimate portrait of a very human emperor. Whatever the cause  the book was neglected  then forgotten completely  and only a single manuscript survived. This was finally discovered in 1940  but would not be published until after World War II in 1950. This translation and its annotations draw on multiple Japanese editions  but borrow most heavily from the interpretations offered by Tsugita Kasumi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945316020277,"sku":"ByrdShop_0804709300","price":24.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780804709309.jpg?v=1769882829","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-confessions-of-lady-nijo","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}