The Economist (US)

The tale of Murasaki Shikibu.(the world's first modern novelist wrote 'The Tale of Genji' in Japan in 1001)(Brief Article)

The Economist (US) | December 25, 1999 | Copyright

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The modern novel was born at the imperial court of Japan

ALMOST exactly 1,000 years ago, a young woman in a small town in Japan began to write the story of an imagined prince who had just about everything--brains, looks, charm, artistic talent and the love of well- born ladies. He was Genji, "the shining one", so dear to his father, the emperor, that the latter reduced his rank to that of a commoner, to spare him the malice at court.

Born in the first chapter of "The Tale of Genji", the prince reinvents himself as the most powerful commoner in…

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