The Tale o Genji
The Tale o Genji (源氏物語 Genji monogatari) is a clessic wark o Japanese leeteratur written bi the noblewumman an leddy-in-waitin Murasaki Shikibu in the early years o the 11t century in "concertina" or "orihon" style made o several sheets o paper pastit thegither an foldit alternately in ane direction then the ither (Lyons, 2011[1]), aroond the peak o the Heian period.
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Author | Murasaki Shikibu |
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Translator | Suematsu Kenchō, Arthur Waley, Edward G. Seidensticker, Helen McCullough, Royall Tyler, Dennis Washburn |
Kintra | Japan |
Leid | Early Middle Japanese |
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Published | Afore 1021 |
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Media teep | manuscript |
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