Tag: World of Genji

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Book Review: Reading the Tale of Genji edited by Thomas Harper and Haruo Shirane

October 23, 2023
Reading the Tale of Genji edited by Thomas Harper and Haruo Shirane

It has been a very long while since I read a Genji-related book and I felt the urge to dive into this meaty tome. Subtitled: “Sources from the First Millenium”, Reading the Tale of Genji translates a selection of texts about the Tale of Genji, providing more context for how the tale achieved its present… Read More Book Review: Reading the Tale of Genji edited by Thomas Harper and Haruo Shirane

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Things From Genji that Still Exist (Crowdsourced Version)

August 21, 2021
Genji Crowdsourced Opinion

A while back, I wrote a post on Three Things from The Tale of Genji that still exists, which is why when this thread called 源氏物語で現代でも通じると思うエピソード (Episodes from the Tale of Genji that can be understood today) appeared, I was immediately intrigued. It’s a fairly long thread, but I’d still recommend reading the whole thing… Read More Things From Genji that Still Exist (Crowdsourced Version)

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Book Review: Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan by Brian Steininger

January 20, 2021
Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan by Brian Steininger

After a really long time, we’re back in my ‘World of Genji’ series, where I attempt to learn more about Heian Japan and not have my head explode as I read academic texts about the time period. This book, Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan, was really interesting as it explored Sinitic verse (aka when… Read More Book Review: Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan by Brian Steininger

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Reading in Japanese: 3 Myths about Japanese Courtesans (From 中世の遊女 by 辻浩和)

June 28, 2020
3 Myths about Japanese Courtesans

Yesterday, my friends and I attended an online geisha event. I thought it was very interesting, but while I write my recap of it, I thought I’d share a bit from this book that I’ve almost finished. It’s called 中世の遊女 (Courtesans in the Middle Ages) by 辻浩和 Three Myths about Courtesans In this case, the… Read More Reading in Japanese: 3 Myths about Japanese Courtesans (From 中世の遊女 by 辻浩和)

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Reading in Japanese: Family and Sex in the Middle Ages by Takahashi Hideki (中世の家と性）

February 21, 2020
Family and Sex in the Middle Ages by Takahashi Hideki

This will be, I hope, the start of a new series. One of the things I planned to do more of this year was to read in Japanese, and I had the perfect opportunity when I was given a stack of books for the World of Genji project. It was pretty hard to decide what… Read More Reading in Japanese: Family and Sex in the Middle Ages by Takahashi Hideki (中世の家と性）