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The Princess Who Loved Insects
• June 28, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Pre-Modern Literature
Tags: blackened teeth, Heian period folktales, Heian period short fiction, Heian princesses, Heian women, Kaze no tani no Naushika, Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä, Miyazaki Hayao, monogatari, Mushi Mezuru Himegimi, Nausicaä, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, normative Heian woman, painted eyebrows, Robert Backus, setsuwa, subverting gender norms, The Lady Who Admired Butterflies, The Princess Who Admired Vermin, The Riverside Counselor's Stories, Tsutsui Chūnagon Monogatari
