The Diary of Lady Murasaki
Derived from the journals of an empress's tutor and companion, this unique book offers rare glimpses of court life in eleventh-century Japan. Lady Murasaki recounts episodes of drama and intrigue among courtiers as well as the elaborate rituals related to the birth of a prince. Her observations, expressed with great subtlety, offer penetrating and timeless insights into human nature. Murasaki Shikibu (circa AD 973-1025) served among the gifted poets and writers of the imperial court during the Heian period. She and other women of the era were instrumental in developing Japanese as a written language, and her masterpiece, The Tale of Genji, is…
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Weitere Autoren: Omori, Annie Shepley (Übers.) / Doi, Kochi (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-486-84572-2
- EAN: 0800759845729
- Produktnummer: 33276212
- Verlag: Dover Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 80 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'844 KB
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Murasaki Shikibu. Foreword by Amy Lowell. Translated by Annie Shepley Omori and Kochi Doi
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