Kagero Nikki written by "Mother of Michitsuna" translated by Edward Seidensticker And so the months and the years have gone by, but little has turned out well for me. Each new year in turn has failed... Porter Modern Japanese Stories: An Anthology A History of Japan to 1334 , George Sansom As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: Recollections of a Woman in 11th-Century Japan , Sarashina The Tales of Ise