The Tosa Diary: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Tosa Diary by Ki no Tsurayuki: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 6 original MP3 tracks, 1:29:55 running time and a link to listen.
The Tosa Diary, credited to Ki no Tsurayuki, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Tosa Diary by Ki no Tsurayuki, translated by William N. Porter. Read by Availle. Ki no Tsurayuki was a Japanese waka poet of the Heian period. In 905, he was one of the poets ordered to compile the "Kokinshu - Collected Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times". He is also one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan. The Tosa Diary, written in 935, is considered the major work of Tsurayuki. It is an account of his return to the capital Kyoto from Tosa province, where he had served as governor since 930. The journey is by boat, and Tsurayuki tells about his sea sickness and fear of pirates, his impressions of the coast, and the various offerings to placate the gods of the sea. The Tosa Diary is written entirely in kana (the "women's" alphabet) and contains many poems composed by Tsurayuki during the journey. (Summary by Availle)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Tosa Diary
- Author credits: Ki no Tsurayuki
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 6
- Combined MP3 track duration: 1:29:55
Catalogue topics
- Japan
- Asia
- history
- travelogue
- sea story
- ship
- poetry
- classic
Track guide
- 0 - Introduction — 9:16
- 1 - January 28 - February 7 — 16:15
- 2 - February 8 - February 18 — 16:52
- 3 - February 19 - March 1 — 14:42
- 4 - March 2 - March 12 — 18:35
- 5 - March 13 - March 23 — 14:16
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