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| Publication Date: November 2006 |
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| Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan |
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| by Murasaki Shikibu |
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| Three well-educated ladies wrote these diaries, among them the skilled writer Murasaki Shikibu (ca. 973-1025 a.d.). A lady-in-waiting to the Japanese Empress, she observed the upper classes with fine detail. The Sarashina Diary, begins with a... Read More |
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| Publication Date: August 2003 |
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| Publication Date: October 1996 |
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| The Tale of Genji |
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| by Murasaki Shikibu |
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| In the eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, wrote the world's first novel. But The Tale of Genji is no mere artifact. It is, rather, a lively and astonishingly nuanced portrait of a refined society where... Read More |
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| Publication Date: June 1990 |
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