Takasue's Daughter

Biography:

Takasue's Daughter or Sugawara no Takasue no musume was a Japanese author. Sugawara no Takasue no musume means a daughter of Sugawara no Takasue. Her real name is unknown. However British scholar Ivan Morris who translated her diary referred to her as Lady Sarashina. She is known for her classic Heian period travel diary the Sarashina nikki. In his later years Fujiwara no Teika admired it enough to copy it out for his own perusal.