The Diary of Lady Murasaki
Title | The Diary of Lady Murasaki PDF eBook |
Author | Murasaki Shikibu |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 1996-03-07 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0141907657 |
The Diary recorded by Lady Murasaki (c. 973-c. 1020), author of The Tale of Genji, is an intimate picture of her life as tutor and companion to the young Empress Shoshi. Told in a series of vignettes, it offers revealing glimpses of the Japanese imperial palace - the auspicious birth of a prince, rivalries between the Emperor's consorts, with sharp criticism of Murasaki's fellow ladies-in-waiting and drunken courtiers, and telling remarks about the timid Empress and her powerful father, Michinaga. The Diary is also a work of great subtlety and intense personal reflection, as Murasaki makes penetrating insights into human psychology - her pragmatic observations always balanced by an exquisite and pensive melancholy.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
Title | Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Murasaki Shikibu |
Publisher | |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Murasaki Shikibu nikki
Title | Murasaki Shikibu nikki PDF eBook |
Author | Murasaki Shikibu |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1925 |
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The Diary of Lady Murasaki
Title | The Diary of Lady Murasaki PDF eBook |
Author | Shikibu Murasaki |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Pages | 83 |
Release | 2019-12-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0486845729 |
Rare glimpses of the intrigues and drama of court life in 11th-century Japan as expressed by the empress's tutor and companion, who also wrote the fictional Tale of Genji.
Murasaki Shikibu nikki
Title | Murasaki Shikibu nikki PDF eBook |
Author | Murasaki Shikibu |
Publisher | |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 1960 |
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Murasaki Shikibu Shū
Title | Murasaki Shikibu Shū PDF eBook |
Author | Murasaki Shikibu |
Publisher | |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Authors, Japanese |
ISBN | 9780691014166 |
The Description for this book, Murasaki Shikibu: Her Diary and Poetic Memoirs, will be forthcoming.
Murasaki Shikibu nikki
Title | Murasaki Shikibu nikki PDF eBook |
Author | Murasaki Shikibu |
Publisher | |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 1972 |
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