Episode 297 - As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams, Part 2

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week, we round out our look at the celebrated women of Heian Japan with two very different careers: that of the celebrated poet Akazome Emon and the recluse known either as Takasue's daughter or Lady Sarashina. Plus some final thoughts on women in the Heian era.

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0:57.3	Go to audibletrial.com slash Japan to claim your copy. Hello and welcome to the History of Japan podcast, Episode 297, as I crossed a Bridge of Dreams, Part 2.
1:29.4	Last week we got to talk about one of the most unique women in the Hian era, really in all of
1:35.1	Japanese history to my mind.
1:37.7	Today we're going to talk about two of her rough contemporaries before wrapping up with
1:42.1	some general thoughts about the historical legacy of the
1:45.2	women of Hayaon Japan.
1:47.4	The first of these is Akazome-Emon, and once again I have the pleasure of telling you that
1:52.9	we don't even know precisely when she was born.
1:56.1	Somewhere in the 950s to 960s is the best we can do with the traditional range being somewhere between
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