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 | The Confessions of Lady Nijo (1st Edition) by Karen Brazell (Translator), Lady Nijo, Karen Brazil Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1973 ISBN-10: 0-8047-0930-0 / 0804709300 ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-0930-9 / 9780804709309 In 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, | |