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The Genji Monogatari
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Genji Monogatari is the greatest single work in Japanese literature.
It provides us with an informative look into the court life of the Heian
Period, as well as give us a wealth of vivid characterizations along the
way to developing the lineage of the hero, Genji. The reason for its being
qualifie ....
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....on that Genji and To no
Chujo carry on at length about the various merits of the ideal lady
(Seidensticker, 1976 p 20) . The scene takes place during the summer rainy
season on a particularly stormy night. Traditionally, summer was a time of
abstinence because it was the crucial period for the cultivation of rice
(Field, 1987 p. 121), and because the rains were so abundant that they
prohibited travel to one's lover. This would have been recognized be an
Eleventh Century audience, and when a di.... |
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