《蜻蛉日記》分為上、中、下三部，敘事橫跨了道綱母的半生，基於不同的創作時段，每卷的敘事與感慨呈現出不同的面貌。但與丈夫兼家的情感糾葛一直作為敘事的基調貫穿始終。 ...

Japan is the only country in the world where women writers laid the foundations of classical literature. The Kagerō Diary commands our attention as the first extant work of that rich and brilliant tradition.