Takamura Monogatari

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The {{nihongo|Takamura Monogatari|篁物語||extra=literally "tale of Takamura"}}, also called the {{nihongo|Takamura Nikki|篁日記||extra="diary of Takamura"}} or the {{nihongo|Ono no Takamura shū|小野篁集||extra="poetic anthology of Ono no Takamura"}}, is a Japanese uta monogatari that was written any time between the mid-Heian period to the early-Kamakura period.{{cite web |url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AF%81%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E |title=Sekai Dai-Hyakkajiten (2nd edition) entry for Takamura Monogatari |date=October 1998 |website=Kotobank |publisher=Hitachi Solutions |access-date=29 September 2013}} It is in one volume and consists of two distinct sections. The first section describes a young Ono no Takamura's tragic love affair with his half-sister.{{cite web |url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AF%81%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E |title=MyPedia entry for Takamura Monogatari |date=2010 |website=Kotobank |publisher=Hitachi Solutions |access-date=29 September 2013}} The second section is taken to be by a different author, and is dated somewhat later than the first.{{cite book |last=Keene |first=Donald |author-link=Donald Keene |title=Seeds in the Heart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_DEwTJq3TbcC&q=Seeds+in+the+Heart |access-date=29 September 2013 |year=1999 |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |isbn=9780231114417 }} Both authors are unknown, and the poems attributed in the tale to Takamura are treated as dubious at best.