Tale of Genji, The (5)
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Female Hero: Murasaki Shikibu
Profile of the Heian period diarist argued to also be the world's first modern novelist. Includes excerpts from The Tale of Genji (Genji-monogatari).
www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine9.html
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
Text of the 1920 book featuring three 11th century diaries: the Sarashina Diary, the diary of Murasaki Shikibu, and the diary of Izumi Shikibu.
digital.library.upenn.edu/women/omori/court/court.html
Murasaki Shikibu
Presents overview of Richard Bowring's book Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji as well as Norma Field's The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of Genji.
mockingbird.creighton.edu/worldlit/faculty/murasaki/murasaki.htm
The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu
Text with drawings and footnotes, covering her diary from 1007-1010.
www.digital.library.upenn.edu/women/omori/court/murasaki.html