At the House of Gathered Leaves Shorter Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives from Japanese Court Literature

"The selections have been translated and extensively annotated, with annotation appearing on the facing page on the text. At the House of Gathered Leaves not only explains the development of an important genre of Japanese writing but also provides a new and politically engaged way of reading other major texts such as The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon and The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu."--BOOK JACKET.