Packet 9: Tossup 6

The humorous section “For the Love of a Cat” appears in a book of this type that was collected with two others and titled for “Three Reigns.” Richard Bowring has noted the unusual chronology of one of these books that features a scene about clearing fallen leaves from a stream. One of these texts that often comments on clothing opens with autumn coming (-5[1])to a (10[1])country (10[1])estate, causing smiles in its residents. (-5[2])Edward Seidensticker translated a work of this type (-5[2])titled for a “mayfly.” (10[3]-5[1])The author known (-5[1])as Michitsuna’s mother wrote one of these books that belongs (10[1])to the (10[1])nikki (-5[1])bungaku genre. A long novel and one of these texts set at the estate of Empress Shōshi preserve the only surviving writing of Murasaki (10[2])Shikibu. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, much of what is known about Heian-era (10[1])court life comes from what personal documents kept by ladies-in-waiting? (10[4]-5[1])■END■ (10[4]0[4])

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