The Diary of Lady Murasaki
The Diary of Lady Murasaki
- ISBN 13:
9780486836652
- ISBN 10:
0486836657
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/18/2019
- Publisher: Dover Publications
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Summary
Murasaki Shikibu (circa AD 973–1025) served among the gifted poets and writers of the imperial court during the Heian period. She and other women of the era were instrumental in developing Japanese as a written language, and her masterpiece, The Tale of Genji, is regarded as the world's first novel. Lady Murasaki's diary reveals the role of books in her society, including the laborious copying of texts and their high status as treasured gifts. This translation is accompanied by a Foreword from American poet and Japanophile Amy Lowell.