The Tale of Genji

[banbury]

One of my favourite Japan novels celebrates its 1000 anniversary!

Japan's "Perfect" Lover Celebrates 1000th BirthdayI love ancient and modern Japanese literature - Murasaki Shikibu, Basho, 'The Pillow Book' by Sei Shonagon, 'Kokin Wakashu', and then Akutagawa, Koba Abe, Yasunari Kavabata, Kenzaburo Oe, and detective writers like Edogava Rampo

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[laurie_ky]

I haven't read it, but I read the article you linked to, and it's fascinating that a woman of that time could uses the power of writing like she did. Very cool.
Laurie