Genji monogatari. English
| dc.contributor | Nagase, Mari Tokyo Woman's Christian University |
| dc.contributor.author | Murasaki Shikibu, b. 978? |
| dc.coverage.placeName | Tokyo |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-19T14:41:08Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-19T14:41:08Z |
| dc.date.created | 1000-1021 |
| dc.date.issued | 1989-12-10 |
| dc.identifier | ota:1384 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/1384 |
| dc.description.abstract | An epic novel concerning the life and intrigues of the fictitional Prince Genji, who is the son of the emperor and Kiritsubo, his concubine. The Tale is generally regarded as an accurate portrayal of aristocratic life in the middle of the Heian period (794-1195 A.D.) Deposited along with the original Japanese text (Text 1385 in the Archive) |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Tokyo Kokusai Kenkyu Kurabu |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 2.4 MB) |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Core Collection |
| dc.rights | While this resource was freely available for non-commercial use provided that this header is included in its entirety with any copy distributed, it has been removed from our catalogue for one reason or another. |
| dc.rights.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/licence-ota |
| dc.rights.label | ACA |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Fiction -- Japan -- 11th century |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Novels -- Japan -- 11th century |
| dc.title | Genji monogatari. English |
| dc.type | Text |
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| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 2558325 |
| files.count | 1 |
| otaterms.date.range | 0-1499 |
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<W Murasaki Shikibu>{Translated by Edward G.Seidensticker}
<T The Tale of Genji>
<K 1>{Japanese Volume}
<C 1>{The Paulownia Court}
<N 1>{Japanese Sub-chapter}
<P 3>
In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor
loved more than any of the others. The grand ladies with high ambitions
thought her a presumptuous upstart, and lesser ladies were still more
resentful. Everything she did offended someone. Probably aware of what
was happening, she fell seriously ill and came to spend more time at home
than at court. The emperor's pity and affection quite passed bounds. No
longer caring what his ladies and courtiers might say, he behaved as if
intent upon stirring gossip.
His court looked with very great misgiving upon what seemed a
reckless infatuation. In China just such an unreasoning passion had been
the undoing of an emperor and had spread turmoil through the land. As
the resentment grew, the example of Yang Kuei-fei was the one most
freque . . .
