The Tale of GenjiPenguin UK, 24. apr 2003 - 1216 pages The first complete new translation for 25 years of the acknowledged masterpiece of Japanese literature. Lady Murasaki's great 11th century novel is a beautifully crafted story of love, betrayal and death at the Imperial Court. At the core of this epic is Prince Genji, the son of an emperor, whose passionate character, love affairs and shifting political fortunes, offer an equisite glimpse of the golden age of Japan. Royal Tyler's superb new translation is scrupulously true to the Japanese original but appeals immeadiately to the modern reader. This edition also includes notes, glossaries, character lists and a chronology to enable the reader to appreciate the richness of this classic of world literature. |
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... poem by someone of very low rank , addressed to a superior , gained the person recognition as a fellow human being . All of Japan's early literature includes poems ( prose fiction may have first crystallized around them), and The Tale of.
... poem by someone of very low rank , addressed to a superior , gained the person recognition as a fellow human being . All of Japan's early literature includes poems ( prose fiction may have first crystallized around them), and The Tale of.
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... poem for oneself, but poetry was first of all a matter of social necessity. Courting required an exchange of poems, as did many other moments in life, and someone distinctly inept at it was socially disadvantaged. People learned to ...
... poem for oneself, but poetry was first of all a matter of social necessity. Courting required an exchange of poems, as did many other moments in life, and someone distinctly inept at it was socially disadvantaged. People learned to ...
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... poem, and here comes a lament from her, full of 'chrysanthemum dew'47 and, as usual, quite out of place. At other times, too, her way of sending you out of season a poem that afterward you might admit is not actually at all bad, without ...
... poem, and here comes a lament from her, full of 'chrysanthemum dew'47 and, as usual, quite out of place. At other times, too, her way of sending you out of season a poem that afterward you might admit is not actually at all bad, without ...
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... poem: “At a guess I see that you may indeed be he: the light silver dew brings to clothe in loveliness a twilight beauty flower.” 14 The writing was disguised, but its grace and distinction pleasantly surprised him. “Who lives in that ...
... poem: “At a guess I see that you may indeed be he: the light silver dew brings to clothe in loveliness a twilight beauty flower.” 14 The writing was disguised, but its grace and distinction pleasantly surprised him. “Who lives in that ...
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Murasaki Shikibu. answered him warmly whenever he wrote to her, adorning the poems she put in the least of her messages ... poem to refer to her mistress. A pretty page boy, handsome in trousers that might have been made for this very ...
Murasaki Shikibu. answered him warmly whenever he wrote to her, adorning the poems she put in the least of her messages ... poem to refer to her mistress. A pretty page boy, handsome in trousers that might have been made for this very ...
Contents
The Safflower Suetsumuhana | |
The Green Branch Sakaki | |
Falling Flowers Hanachirusato | |
The Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi Miotsukushi | |
A Waste of Weeds Yomogiu | |
At the Pass Sekiya | |
The Picture Contest Eawase | |
Wind in the Pines Matsukaze | |
Wisps of Cloud Usugumo | |
The Bluebell Asagao | |
The Maidens Otome | |
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Common terms and phrases
Akashi answer autumn beauty biwa blossoms brought Buddha called carriage Chūjō Chūnagon Cloistered Eminence Commander Consort daughter dawn Dazaifu despite Eminence's Emperor Reizei Emperor Suzaku Empress Excellency Excellency's eyes father feel felt flowers Fujitsubo gave Genji gentlewomen girl gone Grace Grand Counselor hear heard heart Heir Apparent Highness Highness's Hitachi imagine knew Koremitsu late leave letter live look lord Majesty Majesty's Meanwhile mind Mistress of Staff Miya month mother mountain moved Murasaki Murasaki Shikibu never night Nijō once palace poem Prince Princess privy gentlemen regret replied Retired Emperor Rokujō Sadaijin Secretary Captain seemed senior nobles sent sister sleeves smiled someone sorrow sorry standing curtain Suetsumuhana Tale of Genji talk tears tell things thought took touch Trefoil Knots Ukifune Ukon wanted wept west wing wind wing wish woman women wonder worry young lady