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As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

Lady Sarashina

Form
Form Diary
Year
Year 1060
Originally in
Originally in Japanese
Pages
Pages 160

At thirteen, on the months-long road from the eastern provinces to a capital she had only heard described, she wanted its tales more than anything in the world. She had a life-size Healing Buddha made and knelt to it in secret, begging to be taken where the stories were.

I am ashamed to think that inhabitants of the Royal City will think me an uncultured girl.
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams, Lady Sarashina

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