About the book: 2024 / "Diary of a Journey from Tosa to the Capital" was the first work in the genre " Nikki." The author was a man - the poet Ki no Tsurayuki - but on behalf of a woman. In his "Diary" he described the hardships of the journey and what he saw along the way. "Lonely Moon in Sarashina", the author of which is known exclusively as the daughter of Sugawara no Takasue, covers almost four decades of her life: marriage and birth of children, court service and pilgrimage, the death of her husband and the loneliness that followed. “Diary of a Flying Gossamer” is one of the four most important works of the Heian era and tells the story of the difficult relationship between the heroine and the father of her child.