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apart from their husbands after marriage and raised any heirs of their union. Divorce was common and uncomplicated, requiring nothing more than cessation of marital visits, since the couple were not bound by any legal contract. Both parties were free to remarry afterward. A woman's marriage value depended on the social status of both her father and mother: women of suitable standing were rare and prized.
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poems and prose. Her diary gave access to a woman's experience of a thousand years ago, with poems she recorded which vividly recall the past. These poems conveyed the life of a noblewoman during the Heian Period. She is one of the
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Michitsuna's Mother was also credited with expanding the potential of kana prose writing with the creation of a newfound form of psychological exploration and self-expression, becoming an influence for the very popular work,
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Fujiwara no Nagato (藤原長能) (949–c. 1009): A waka poet in the mid-Heian period, also known as
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