Murasaki Shikibu

Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji, Version 2)

Murasaki Shikibu

Genji Monogatari, or The Tale of Genji, is a Japanese classic novel from the eleventh century. Supposedly commissioned by members of the Imp…

Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan

Amy Lowell, Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, Murasaki Shikibu and Izumi Shikibu

A collection of three translated diaries written during the latter part of the Heian Period (11th century A.D.). The original authors, Sugaw…