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Episode 447 - On a Summer Night, The First Thought of Sleep

History of Japan

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Tosaniki Is Written in Japanese

Diaries are things written by men, i am told. Nevertheless, i am writing one to see what a woman can do. You see, the whole diary is written from the perspective of a woman working as a maidservant. It's widely accepted that key notesar to yuki himself is the one who wrote this. And no, you are not misremembering. He's not a woman. The unusual background has made tosaniki something of a touchstone in terms of conversations around gender and language in haon japan.

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