Murasaki Shikibu
Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)
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Murasaki Shikibu





The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the …
Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji, Version 2)
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Murasaki Shikibu





Genji Monogatari, or The Tale of Genji, is a Japanese classic novel from the eleventh century. Supposedly commissioned by members of the Imp…
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
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Amy Lowell, Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, Izumi Shikibu and Murasaki Shikibu





A collection of three translated diaries written during the latter part of the Heian Period (11th century A.D.). The original authors, Sugaw…