Sleepless Nights and a Hasty Hand ―― Tokugawa Nariaki’s Letter to Anekōji, Senior Lady-in-Waiting of the Great Interior
The first day of the eighth month of Kōka 3 (1846). Even as night deepened, the lamp did not go out. The letter was addressed to Anekōji, a senior lady-in-waiting of the great interior. A single…
