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Murasaki Shikibu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Murasaki Shikibu Murasaki Shikibu (ca. 976-ca. 1031) was a Japanese writer of the late...masterpieces of Japanese literature. The exact dates of the life of Lady Murasaki are not known, nor is her name. Shikibu, a title, may refer to...
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Murasaki, Shikibu
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Murasaki, Shikibu (978–1014) Japanese diarist and novelist. Murasaki is best known for her novel, The Tale of Genji . Dating from c. 1000, it is one of the first works of fiction written in Japanese. See also Japanese literature
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Japanese literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...write in Japanese. Much Heian literature of note was written by aristocratic women, foremost among whom was Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki). Her Genji monogatari [tale of Genji] (early 11th cent.) is ranked with the world's greatest novels...
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Tale of Genji, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Tale of Genji, The, a classic Japanese novel written c. ad 1001–15 by Lady Murasaki (?978–?1031) and translated in a slightly abridged version by A. Waley in 6 vols (1925–33).
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Arthur Waley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...most important works include his translations of Chinese poetry and of the Japanese novel, The Tale of Genji (1925-33) by Murasaki Shikibu . Among his other works are The No Plays of Japan (1921), The Poetry and Career of Li Po (1959) and The Secret...
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novel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...is a collection of stories that often tell of magic or supernatural happenings; and Tale of Genji (11th cent.), by Lady Murasaki, depicts Japanese court life, whereas Amadis of Gaul (13th or 14th cent.) recounts the fabulous exploits of a knight who...
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Japanese art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...native painter. The famous illustrated scroll of the Tale of the Genji —written in the early llth cent. by Lady Murasaki—with its rich color and subtracted treatment of the features of men and women reflects the extreme sensitivity and...
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Junichiro Tanizaki
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Tanizaki had been working on a modern version of the Tale of Genji, the great classic novel of 10th-century life by Lady Murasaki. This appears to have influenced some of the descriptive passages in his long novel Sasameyuki (1948; The Makioka Sisters...
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Po Chü-i
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...murder of his concubine by rebels. The poem figures prominently in The Tale of Genji, the 10th-century Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu; Po's work gained wide popularity throughout East Asia. He continued to write despite partial paralysis and enjoyed...
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