tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post7313631383855679757..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Suke no Makura no SoshiAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-27828340487139149672011-08-18T21:13:12.944-04:002011-08-18T21:13:12.944-04:00I think I've channeled her voice, but clearly ...I think I've channeled her voice, but clearly this is not a popular literary tradition in the west, which is too bad. My calling and my curse I guess.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-83661312107076960692011-08-18T09:20:02.105-04:002011-08-18T09:20:02.105-04:00Wow.
You've truly channeled her voice.
I&#...Wow. <br /><br />You've truly channeled her voice. <br /><br />I'm not familiar with this literary tradition, and yet you've managed to communicate it beautifully to this ignorant one.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-66429200390112440462011-08-18T05:38:31.288-04:002011-08-18T05:38:31.288-04:00Hi Lady Nyo!
I like reading these amazing Lady po...Hi Lady Nyo!<br /><br />I like reading these amazing Lady poets too. Usually people think of that period as being all about samurai, but there were these other things going on too.<br /><br />Good luck with the Kimono. I know it'll be good. Stick with it. Thanks for coming by.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-46383442192953093602011-08-17T10:00:25.669-04:002011-08-17T10:00:25.669-04:00Enjoyed this very,very much, Garce.
Can there be ...Enjoyed this very,very much, Garce.<br /><br />Can there be anything better than the diaries, tales and memoirs of the Heian Court poets? The women were outstanding, truly stellar, and Saigyo had great poetic influence from Ono no Komanchi and Izumi Shikibu, though long dead when he was living.<br /><br />I will get your book, though I remember reading "The Color of the Moon" mss that you sent me years ago. I guess this was just one story? Beautiful and impressive one, though. You have brought this time to vibrant life.<br /><br />Just finished reading "The Ink Dark Moon" which I am sure you are familiar with. <br /><br />Izumi Shikibu:<br /><br />"The cold rises<br /> through the sleeve<br /> of my pillowing arm--<br /> I think that tonight<br /> even my bed must frost."<br /><br />These Heian court women were marvelous poets and they speak through the centuries directly to our experience.<br /><br />Still working on "The Kimono"...5 years and rather seasonally. It's the research that takes years....as you well know.<br /><br />Lady Nyo (Jane)Lady Nyohttp://ladynyo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com