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The article introduces Nun Abutsu (1222–1283), a writer and a poet who remains little known in Poland. The main research topic is her debut work, Utatane no ki (Fitful Slumbers, 1243), that belongs to the memoir literature (nikki bungaku) genre. Utatane no ki is a short lyrical poem retelling the unhappy love of the writer to a certain aristocrat, whom she met as a lady in waiting of the Empress Ankamon’in (1209–1283), the wife of the abdicated Emperor Juntoku (1197–1242, reigned 1210–1221). Utatane no ki is depicted through the perspective of memoir literature characteristics, autobiographic aspects and rich love symbolism.