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By Megan Ashley
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Life: 978 (?) – 1014 (1025?) Lived and wrote during the Heian Period Given name is unrecorded Shikibu = Bureau of Ceremonials Murasaki = Plant that produces purple dye stuff “lesser branch of the powerful Fujiwara family”
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Married in 998 or 999 But lost husband in 1001 Gave birth to a daughter in roughly 999 Around 1006 was called to serve the empress as a hand maiden at the imperial court Cause of death and year of death is unknown
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Taught herself Chinese by listening to her father teach her brother The “frivolities” of writing in Japanese was confined to the women Probably began The Tale of Genji while she was married and finished around 1012 Selected by the empress because of her writing talents She earned a literary reputation In addition to The Tale of Genji, she wrote The Diary of Lady Murasaki and Poetic Memoirs
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The early Japanese novel doesn’t necessarily look like what you and I think of as a novel The earliest form of the Japanese novel is what they termed “Monogatari” NOTE: Not all monogatari earn the title of “novel” Monogatari: Oral tradition Fiction or fictional A woman’s form Extended prose narrative very like an epic Prominent 9 th to 15 th century (peaked 10 th & 11 th c.) Genji Monogatari, Taketori Monogatari, Heike Monogatari
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Chronicles the story of Prince Genji Highlights: Elaborate 54 chapters Psychological Remarkably consistent Debated: First novel in the world Not debated: First Japanese novel Literary influence in Japan is quite large, even today Considered a masterpiece of Japanese literature
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Most other pieces of literature being produced at the same time were collections of essays, diaries, and poetry We see far more novels being written after the Heian period The Tale of Genji was the beginning of the genre in Japan From there, the Japanese novel continued to evolve historically based or strange science fiction
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