books.google.co.jp - The Tale of the Lady Ochikubo dates from the last quarter of the tenth century. It is therefore one of the earliest of that long line of monogatari which are a special part of Japanese literature from the Heian Era. Ochikubo is the first novel: here for the first time is a vivid and realistic chronicle...http://books.google.co.jp/books/about/Ochikubo_Monogatari_or_The_Tale_of_the_L.html?hl=ja&id=zj1CEIkihr4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareOchikubo Monogatari or The Tale of the Lady Ochikubo
