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Title: Diary of Lady Murasaki by Murasaki Shikibu, Richard Bowring, Murasaki Shikibu, Murasaki ISBN: 0-14-043576-X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 09 March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for Asian history buffs.
Comment: And a companion piece ot the Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. The world of courtiers and courtesans, intrigues, affairs. Daily soaps will never be the same after you've read this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Slim Tome that Packs Quite a Punch
Comment: First off, Although the book i s 91 pages long there is a 52 page introduction. The introduction by Bowring is very well done, especially for those who are unfamiliar with Heian era Japan, like me. Bowring gives adequate introductions to the architecture, dress, religion, and other things of culture at the time. Although the info he gives of Murasaki Shikibu is scant, he does give the reader all of the information that is known about the author of the Genji monogatari. The diary itself is a wonderful resource of Heian era Japan. Murasaki Shikibu gives wonderfully detailed descriptions of ceremonies, dress, and glimpses of daily lives of females in the court. Bowring adds wonderfully helpful footnotes to aid teh reader. Also the illustrations inb the book are wonderful for showing how the Heian lady dressed and how a Heian era mansion looked. Good little book.
Rating: 4
Summary: An important Historical Document
Comment: Aside from the "tale of Genji" this is the only known writings of Lady Murasaki. The book is slim, as not much of her personal diary survived. However, it does have a good introduction, including a VERY helpful picture of a court lady in her dress. If you ever read any of these old court diaries, you come to appreciate a good picture like this because the women who wrote these books dwelled, almost obessivly on what they wore.
The clarity and quality of the writing is this slim volume is very good, as good as what you will find in the pillow book of sei shonagon. This book is also a facinating read in conjuction with the latest novel by Liza Dalby "the tale of Murasaki". Anyone interested in Old Japanese litrature should had this title to their reading list.
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Title: The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon by Ivan Morris ISBN: 0231073372 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-Century Japan (Penguin Classics) by Ivan Morris, Lady Sarashina ISBN: 0140442820 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, Royall Tyler, Murasaki Shikibu, Murasaki ISBN: 0670030201 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 11 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, Royall Tyler, Murasaki Shikibu ISBN: 014243714X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan (Kodansha Globe) by Ivan Morris, Paul De Angelis ISBN: 1568360290 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: June, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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