The Lives of Three Women in 11th Century Japan (100 Copy Collector's Edition) (inbunden)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
160
Utgivningsdatum
2020-06-23
Förlag
Royal Classics
Medarbetare
Shikibu, Murasaki / Shikibu, Izumi
Illustrationer
Black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 13 mm
Vikt
390 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
8:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Blue Digital Cloth Cover w/Jacket on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9781774373521

The Lives of Three Women in 11th Century Japan (100 Copy Collector's Edition)

av Lady Sarashina, Murasaki Shikibu, Izumi Shikibu
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2020-06-23

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This collection of diaries chronicles the lives of three women at court during the Heian era. The women detail their marriages, affairs, and travels across the country in three distinct styles. Lady Sarashina’s work stands out for its descriptions of her travels and pilgrimages, making it one of the first in the genre of travel writing. Murasaki Shikibu’s diary consists of a number of vignettes portraying important events, and Izumi Shikibu used her strength as a poet to detail her life in a collection of poetry.

The Heian period is considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art, particularly poetry and literature. Nobles and ladies-in-waiting were expected to be well versed in the art of writing poetry as a mark of their status. Every occasion could call for the writing of a verse, from the birth of a child to the coronation of an emperor, or even a pretty scene of nature. The Lives of Three Women in 11th Century Japan is a collection of historical records detailing the role poetry and literature played in the Heian imperial court.

This cloth-bound book includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket, and is limited to 100 copies.
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Lady Sarashina, Murasaki Shikibu, Izumi Shikibu

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Lady Sarashina (c.1008 - after 1059) was a Japanese writer and lady-in-waiting during the Heian era. She is often referred to as Takasue's daughter as her real name is unknown. She is best known for the Sarashina Diary, a memoir detailing her life from childhood to sometime in her fifties. Lady Sarashina's work is unique in the literature of the period and is considered one of the first travel narratives. Murasaki Shikibu (973 or 978 - c. 1014 or 1031) was a Japanese novelist, poet, and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, widely considered to be the world's first novel, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012. Her work is considered important because her writing reflects the creation and development of Japanese writing during a period when Japanese shifted from an unwritten vernacular to a written language. Izumi Shikibu (976 AD - 1030) was a mid-Heian period Japanese poet. She is a member of the Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals and was the contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu. Her legacy includes 242 poems and 2 kashu, private collections of poems. The National Opera of Paris and the Grand Theater of Geneva jointly commissioned an opera based on her poems titled Da gelo a gelo and sung in Italian.

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