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Japanese Essays and Essays Murasaki Shikibu, who produced a world-historical work called 『 Genji Monogatari 』 (The Tale of Genji), also left a valuable diary that conveys the true image of the Mido Dynasty to future generations.
This book, which depicts the prosperity of the House of the Chancellor of the Emperor, centered on the birth of Imperial Prince Atsuhira, is a picture scroll of the life of the Court of the Heian Dynasty at its peak, and is also a valuable document that reveals the author's complex feelings.
She exchanged poems with Michinaga, gave a lecture to Empress Shoshi, gave harsh criticism to Izumi Shikibu and Seisho Nagon, and visited Emperor Ichijo.
Looking at the days of ceremonies and feasts that unfold in the court society, Murasaki Shikibu looks at herself coldly and talks about her inner feelings filled with sorrow.
Read through all translations the literature written in diary form in which the spiritual trajectory of a peaceful person is sublimated into a work!
* This book is a new edition of the two volumes of 』 of the 『 Murasaki Shikibu Diary, translated for kodansha Gakujutsu Bunko in 2002.