Murasaki Shikibu
Subtitle: The Tale of Genji (Landmarks of World Literature (New))
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 27, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780521832083
Subjects: Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; ASIA; Asian - Japanese; Literary Criticism & Collections / Russian & Former Soviet Union; Asian - General
First sentence: The Tale of Genji is the product of an aristocratic culture that flourished in Japan in the eleventh century at the height of the Heian Period (794-1192), a period that takes its name from the capital, Heian-kyo.