New book Nihon Essay Essay Murasaki Shikibu and the Men / Saeko Kimura Bunshun Shinsho

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Bunshun Shinsho (Bunshun New Book) : Men wrote diaries and women wrote history. During the Heian Period, when literature flourished around the Imperial Court. How was 『 Genji Monogatari (Tale of Genji) 』 written and read? A researcher of Japanese literature who has read Heian literature from the perspective of sexuality and power, describes the history of Heian literature through real images of men who lived in the same era as Murasaki Shikibu.