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Genji monogatari; The Tale of the Heike (平家物語, Heike Monogatari, The Tale of house of Taira), a 14th-century epic poetry compiled of the struggle between the Minamoto clan and the Taira clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180–1185).
The Third Princess, a character from The Tale of Genji (ukiyo-e by Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766). The characters of The Tale of Genji do not possess birth names. Instead they are assigned sobriquets derived from poetic exchanges (e.g. Murasaki takes her name from a poem by Genji), from the particular court positions they occupy (in the Tyler translation, characters are often referred to by such ...
The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji monogatari, pronounced [ɡeɲdʑi monoɡaꜜtaɾi]), also known as Genji Monogatari, is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman, poet, and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu around the peak of the Heian period, in the early 11th century. The original manuscript no longer exists.
The Seiwa Genji (清和源氏) is a line of the Japanese Minamoto clan that is descended from Emperor Seiwa, which is the most successful and powerful line of the clan.Many of the most famous Minamoto members, including Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate; and Ashikaga Takauji, the founder of the Ashikaga shogunate, belonged to this line.
Kaoru is a fictional character in The Tale of Genji [1] (Genji Monogatari). He only appears as the lead for the novel's third act, called the 'Uji Jujo' (Uji Chapters). [ 2 ] Kaoru has been called the first anti-hero in literature [ 3 ] and is known for always having a strange but pleasant smell around him.
Such as the story of Aoi no Ue in The Tale of Genji, Aoi no Ue's family tried to save her life by the way Buddhism treats other spiritual sicknesses. Lady Murasaki, the author of The Tale of Genji, was a follower of the Mahayana Buddhism herself; many other other stories in The Tale of Genji relate to Buddhism. [2]
The Kawachi Genji was at one of its highest power under Minamoto no Yoshiie.. Minamoto no Yorinobu, the founder of the Kawachi Genji, was the third son of Minamoto no Mitsunaka, who put down the Taira no Tadatsune Rebellion and established his power in the Kanto region, and during the time of his son Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Yoriyoshi's son Minamoto no Yoshiie (Hachiman Taro Yoshiie), they ...
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