Funnily enough, the author of the Tosa Nikki Ki no Tsurayuki was a man, but wrote the whole diary in "the women's alphabet" (hiragana) and then, "to be consistent", kept referring to himself in the third person as a woman.
Funnily enough, the author of the Tosa Nikki Ki no Tsurayuki was a man, but wrote the whole diary in "the women's alphabet" (hiragana) and then, "to be consistent", kept referring to himself in the third person as a woman.
It's funny to me to think that it's basically author accidentally use wrong word to refer to himself and think "Fuck it I am now Woman for this work" for sake of it. Pretty Based if I say so.
Tojiko's Diary
Diary?
That's right!
"It is generally a man who writes what is called a diary, but now a woman will see what she can do!"
Haha, get it? ♪
TN: Opening of the Tosa Nikki, a famous 10th-century travel diary by Ki no Tsurayuki
*TADAA—H*
It serves as a record of what I've been studying, too.
