Just took a new photo of my private Genji library, ready to get started on my first chapter post for the year - quite a spread, eh... #TheTaleOfGenji
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Rozan-ji's 'Genji-no-tei', created in honour of Murasaki Shikibu (who may have been born close to the current temple).
Rozan-ji's 'Genji-no-tei'.
Rozan-ji's 'Genji-no-tei'.
Rozan-ji's 'Genji-no-tei'.
Rozan-ji's 'Genji-no-tei' (源氏庭) was designed in 1965, inspired by Heian period gardens. Kikyō offer the only real colour.
White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as 'Genji Kumogata' (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on 'The Tale of Genji' scrolls.
#源氏物語 #TheTaleofGenji #Rozanji #廬山寺
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I was bewildered that #TheTaleOfGenji had such a hold on me ... It is a wild, confounding work that many consider to be the first #novel ever written, by a mysterious woman whose true name we’ll never know, but whom we call Murasaki Shikibu, or #LadyMurasaki.
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I look at an early translation of a classic of #JapaneseLiterature. #BookSky #TheTaleOfGenji #LadyMurasakiShikibu #KenchoSuematsu #GenjiMonogatari www.skjam.com/2025/10/03/b...
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The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu in Royal Tyler's translation, for the Tuesday Book Club from P-Wave Press
This week’s #TuesdayBookClub is The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu—an ancient Japanese classic that takes you not on a plot-driven journey, but into the very soul of its characters. Deep, moving, and unforgettable. 🌸📚 #TheTaleOfGenji #HeianJapan #booksky
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Reading #TheTaleOfGenji. Slow going in the early chapters where the fellas just sit around complaining about the women they've dated. #ClassicLiterature #JapaneseClassics #BookSky
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Statue of Murasaki Shikibu at Uji.
Scene from The Tale of Genji picture scrolls.
Woodblock print of Murasaki Shikibu looking down at Lake Biwa from Ishiyama-dera. Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/
Still from the 1951 film 'The Tale of Genji', directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura.
“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
#thetaleofgenji #源氏物語
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Katsura village was a popular retreat during the summer for aristocrats escaping the city heat.
River-boating and melon-viewing were popular pastimes, and in the autumn people flocked to see the full moon.
Katsura trees (桂), connected to the moon god, grew in profusion here.
#平安時代 #TheTaleofGenji
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A glimpse of Katsura Rikyu's 'New Palace' across the pond.
Nao-san and Atsuko-san take a break in the grounds of Katsura Rikyu, the day increasingly hot.
A glimpse inside the Shokin-tei teahouse.
Sago palms in the grounds of Katsura Rikyu.
Beginning as little more than 'a teahouse in the melon patch', Prince Hachijō Toshihito (八条宮 智仁親王 1579–1629) and his son poured what wealth they had into building Katsura Detached Villa (桂離宮), recreating the aesthetics of the Heian period and "The Tale of Genji".
#Kyoto #TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語
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Painting depicting a Noh performance of the play 'Lady Oi'.
Painting depicting a funeral service.
Painting depicting a funeral service.
Painting depicting a Noh performance of the play 'Lady Oi'.
A little later Genji's wife, Lady Aoi (葵の上), has her servants maliciously shove Rokujō's carriage aside.
Utterly humiliated and filled with hatred, Rokujō's living spirit will later possess and kill Aoi!
#Kyoto #京都 #葵祭 #AoiMatsuri #源氏物語 #TheTaleOfGenji #Japan
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Painting depicting the 'Aoi' chapter of The Tale of Genji. Attendants fight to secure the best viewing spot for their carriages (and their mistresses within).
Chapter 9 of 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語), 'Aoi' (葵), features the Aoi Matsuri (葵祭).
As Hikaru Genji (光源氏) is participating in the festival Lady Rokujō (御息所), his mistress, arrives early in her carriage to save a good spot.
#Japan #Kyoto #源氏物語 #TheTaleOfGenji
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MY LATEST BLOG POST (11.05.2025):
www.fadimamooneira.com/2025/05/seve...
#SevenFictionBooksForAdventureEnthusiasts #AroundTheWorldIn80Days #TheTaleOfGenji #MisteriDiariHitam #TheAlchemist #Paradise #OrakelDewata #TheLittlePrince #FadimaMooneiraLibrary #Edutainment #FadimaMooneiraDotCom
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she had long been suffering the most disconcerting sensations...a stranger to herself the Lady Rokujo, with extra long black hair, floats wraithlike above a hallucination of poppies illustration by Molly Kiely, 2012 from her adaptation of Lady Murasaki's Tale of Genji for The Graphic Canon Volume 1 published by Seven Stories Press
Lady Rokujo...from my adaptation of #thetaleofgenji in the first volume of The Graphic Canon
ink on paper, 2012
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Scrolls depicting life at court, inspired by The Tale of Genji.
Scrolls depicting life at court, inspired by The Tale of Genji.
Scrolls depicting life at court, inspired by The Tale of Genji.
Scrolls depicting life at court, inspired by The Tale of Genji.
From 831 cherry blossom banquets became an annual event at court, & as the Heian period deepened 'hanami' came to refer only to sakura.
As cherry blossom parties became fashionable amongst the aristocracy, 'hanami' began to appear in works such as 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語).
#TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語
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大和和紀『あさきゆめみし』と源氏物語の世界（平凡社）
The manga of The Tale of Genji, by the Japanese artist Yamato Waki, depicts Genji in his childhood as "the chosen kid" by those divine powers.
#OldJapan
#Medieval
#TheTaleofGenji
#JapaneseLiterature
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Do you guys like me sharing clips on here? #thetaleofgenji #murasaki #book
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I've started this monstrosity. Wish me luck. 🙏
#TheTaleofGenji #MurasakiShikibu #Japan #Japaneseliterature #worldlit #literature #classicliterature #bigbooks #reading #books
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 10
#MurasakiShikubu
#thetaleofgenji
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🌸 Exploring Japan’s 1899 Chrysanthemum Stamps and The Tale of Genji 🌸
www.instagram.com/p/DDXYlT2Oos...
#Philately #ChrysanthemumStamps #JapaneseHistory #TheTaleOfGenji
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