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The Tale of Genji "Genji monogatari"
Murasaki Shikibu; Royall Tyler (translator)
Long narrative of love, status, and changing fortune in the Heian court.
Purchase Book- Subject matter
- Court life; relationships; Buddhism; aristocratic society
- Culture / tradition
- Japan; Heian court culture
- Publication / composition
- Early 11th century CE
- Edition publication year
- 2001
- Historical figures
- Not specified
- Historical timeframe
- Medieval Era (500–1500 CE) · 950 CE – 1050 CE
Fictional Heian court setting, approximately around 1000 CE.