The Tosa Nikki (土佐日記, Tosa Diary) is a poetic diary written anonymously by the tenth-century Japanese poet Ki no Tsurayuki.[1] The text details a 55-day journey in 935 returning to Kyoto from Tosa province, where Tsurayuki had been the provincial governor. The prose account of the journey is punctuated by Japanese poems, purported to have been composed on the spot by the characters.
- ^ Keene, Donald 1999. Seeds in the Heart: A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 1. New York: Columbia University Press, p.361-366