Genji monogatari

Title
  • Genji monogatari [Electronic resource]
AuthorMurasaki Shikibu, b. 978?
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LanguagesJapanese;
Editorial Practice
  • Encoding format: COCOA markup references used
  • * used as a font marker for Chinese characters not registered in JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) codes
  • End of line hyphens inserted in the cases where the Chinese characters run onto the next line
LC keywordsFiction -- Japan -- 11th century
Novels -- Japan -- 11th century
Extent
  • designation: Text data
  • size: (1 file : ca. 1.92 megabytes)
Creation Date[2000]
Source Description Genji monogatari / [Murasaki Shikibu] ; Kochu. Yaku Abe Akio, Akiyama Ken, Imai Gen'e Murasaki Shikibu, b. 978? Abe, Akio, 1910-; Akiyama, Ken, 1924-; Imai, Gen'e, 1919- 6 v. : ill. ; 23 cm. Shogakkan, Showa 45-51 Tokyo: c1970 (1987 printing)

Bungei bunko. Nihon koten bungaku ; 12-17

Notes
  • Mode of access: Online. OTA website
  • Title proper taken from electronic text
  • Requires Shift-JIS to view the language encoding as kanji characters
  • An epic novel concerning the life and intrigues of the fictitional Prince Genji, who is the son of the emperor and Kiritsubo, his concubine. The Tale is generally regarded as an accurate portrayal of aristocratic life in the middle of the Heian period (794-1195 A.D.)
  • Deposited along with an English translation of the text (Text 2245 in the Archive)
  • Improved version of Text 1385 in which errors have been identified and ammended