Week 2
Marriage, Writing, and the Court in Heian Japan

T 9/19
WAKITA Haruko, "Marriage and Property in Premodern Japan From the Perspective of Women's History" (CR)
Michitsuna's Mother, "The Gossamer Journal" (CR)
<click here for info on the Heian period>
<click here for genealogical info on the Gossamer Lady and the Fujiwara regents>

Th 9/21
Selections from The Pillow Book of Sei Shônagon (CR)
ÔBA Minako, "Without Beginning, Without End" (CR)
Short Paper #1 due