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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Murasaki Shikibu or Lady Murasaki as she is often known in English, was a Japanese novelist, poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1008, one of the earliest novels in human history. "Murasaki Shikibu" was not her real name, which is unknown. Some scholars have postulated that her given name might have been Fujiwara Takako, recorded as a name of a lady-in-waiting ranked shōji on the 29th day of the 1st month, Kankō 4 (February 19, 1007) according to Midō Kampaku Ki, a diary written by Fujiwara no Michinaga, although this theory has not been supported by many others. Her own diary, The Murasaki Shikibu Diary, states that she was nicknamed "Murasaki" ("Violet") at court, after a character in The Tale of Genji. "Shikibu" refers to her father's position in the Bureau of Ceremony (shikibu-shō). ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Murasaki Shikibu, Empress Jitō, Empress Genshō, Empress Gemmei, Hōjō Masako, Izumi Shikibu, Izumo No Okuni, Yodo-Dono, Nene, Tomoe Gozen, Oichi, Ohatsu, Sei Shōnagon, Shizuka Gozen, Oeyo, Komatsuhime, Nōhime, Akazome Emon, Mochizuki Chiyome, Shunzei's Daughter, Tokoyo, Princess Shikishi, Hangaku Gozen, Princess Nukata, Kitsuno, Lady Ise, Lady Kasa, Tachibana Ginchiyo, Sugawara No Takasue No Musume, Ōtomo No Sakanoe No Iratsume, Tsuchida Gozen, Tokuhime, Nakatsukasa, Kishi Joō, Lady Sanjō. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Empress Gemmei Gemmei-tenn) (661 December 29, 721) was the 43rd imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This sovereign is sometimes identified as Empress Genmy. She was the fifth woman to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne. Her reign spanned the years from 707 through 715. Before her ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, her personal name (her imina) was Abe-hime. Empress Gemmei was the fourth daughter of Emperor Tenji; and she was a younger sister of Empress Jit by a different mother. Her mother, Mei-no-Iratsume (also known as Soga-hime), was a daughter of Udaijin Soga-no-Kura-no-Yamada-no-Ishikawa-no-Maro (also known as Soga Yamada-no -omi). Gemmei became the consort (nygo) of Crown Prince Kusakabe no Miko, who was the son of Emperor Temmu and Empress Jit. After the death of their son Emperor Mommu in 707, she acceded to the throne. At least one account suggests that she accepted the role of empress because Emperor Mommu felt his young son, her grandson, was still too young to withstand the pressures which attend becoming emperor. After Empress Gemmei transferred the seat of her government to Nara, this mountain location remained the capital throughout the succeeding seven reigns. In a sense,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2517493 ... Read more

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Chapters: Murasaki Shikibu, Takashi Nagai, Kunikida Doppo, Kafū Nagai, Sei Shōnagon, Jun Takami, Matsudaira Ietada, Michihiko Hachiya, Sugawara No Takasue No Musume, Kajūji Mitsutoyo. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Murasaki Shikibu (; c. 973c. 1014 or 1025), or Lady Murasaki as she is often known in English, was a Japanese novelist, poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1008, one of the earliest novels in human history. "Murasaki Shikibu" was not her real name, which is unknown. Some scholars have postulated that her given name might have been Fujiwara Takako, recorded as a name of a lady-in-waiting ranked shji on the 29th day of the 1st month, Kank 4 (February 19, 1007) according to Mid Kampaku Ki, a diary written by Fujiwara no Michinaga, although this theory has not been supported by many others. Her own diary, The Murasaki Shikibu Diary, states that she was nicknamed "Murasaki" ("Violet") at court, after a character in The Tale of Genji. "Shikibu" refers to her father's position in the Bureau of Ceremony (shikibu-sh). Lady Murasaki Shikibu was born about 973 in Kyoto, Japan. She was born in a family of minor nobility and a member of the northern branch of the Fujiwara clan. Murasaki's mother died while she was a child, so Murasaki was raised, contrary to customs of the time, by her father Fujiwara no Tametoki, a scholar and officer of the imperial court. During Heian-era Japan, couples lived separately and children were raised by the mother and her family. Also contrary to customs of the time, her father gave her a male education. Men were taught kanji and classical Chinese literature as the requisite culture, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=42758 ... Read more

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Chapters: Murasaki Shikibu, Wallada Bint Al-Mustakfi, Sei Shōnagon, Borena of Alania, Sugawara No Takasue No Musume. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Murasaki Shikibu (; c. 973c. 1014 or 1025), or Lady Murasaki as she is often known in English, was a Japanese novelist, poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1008, considered to be the earliest novel in human history. "Murasaki Shikibu" was not her real name, which is unknown. Some scholars have postulated that her given name might have been Fujiwara Takako, recorded as a name of a lady-in-waiting ranked shji on the 29th day of the 1st month, Kank 4 (February 19, 1007) according to Mid Kampaku Ki, a diary written by Fujiwara no Michinaga, although this theory has not been supported by many others. Her own diary, The Murasaki Shikibu Diary, states that she was nicknamed "Murasaki" ("Violet") at court, after a character in The Tale of Genji. "Shikibu" refers to her father's position in the Bureau of Ceremony (shikibu-sh). Lady Murasaki Shikibu was born about 973 in Kyoto, Japan. She was born in a family of minor nobility and a member of the northern branch of the Fujiwara clan. Murasaki's mother died while she was a child, so Murasaki was raised, contrary to customs of the time, by her father Fujiwara no Tametoki, a scholar and officer of the imperial court. During Heian-era Japan, couples lived separately and children were raised by the mother and her family. Also contrary to customs of the time, her father gave her a male education. Men were taught kanji and classical Chinese literature as the requisite culture, while women were taught kana and poetry. Her father praise...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=42758 ... Read more

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Murasaki Shikibu's classic work ... Read more

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Murasaki Shikibu. the author lived approx.(978?-1026?), a Japanese novelist, one of her country's greatest writers. This book has been considered world's first novel.The novel describesJapanese court life during the Heian period. ... Read more

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I read this translation in comparison not only with the Royall Tyler translation but also the Edward Seidensticker and personally found that Seidensticker read most most fluently among the three. Seidensticker's first line read: "In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. "Tyler's: "In a certain reign (whose could it have been?) someone of no very great rank, among all His Majesty's Consorts and Intimates, enjoyed ecxeptional favour. Waley's: "At the Court of the Emperor (he lived it matters not when) there was among the many gentlewomen of the Wardrobe and Chamber one, who though she was not of very high rank was favoured far beyond all the rest;" sic.

The Introduction in Seidensticker (by the author himself) himself was, like that in Tyler's, very informative not only of the story and the life of Lady Murasaki, but also hints at how the novel should be read. Denis Washburn's Introduction in the Waley translation was mainly a long synopsis of the story. The Waley translation is the only one of the three without illustrations. Non-Japanese reader may find the illustrations interesting if not informative, and they do evoke an atmosphere of ancient Japan as the reader is drawn into the fascinating story of love and intrique. ... Read more

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Second volume of one of the finest translations of this classic work from around 1000 AD ... Read more