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The world of the shining prince : court life in ancient Japan

"Using The Tale of Genii and other major literary works from Japan's Heian period as frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince re-creates an era when women set the cultural tone."--Back cover.

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  • "Tale of Genji"@en
  • "Court life in ancient Japan"
  • "World of the shining prince"
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  • ""Using The Tale of Genii and other major literary works from Japan's Heian period as frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince re-creates an era when women set the cultural tone."--Back cover."@en
  • "Chap.8 : "The women of Heian and their relations with men", p.199-250 ; Chap.9, 10, Appendix 3, 5 : Murasaki Shikibu."@en
  • "Ivan Morris's definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan. Using The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan's Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone. Focusing on the world of the emperor's court'a world deeply admired by Virginia Woolf, among others'renowned scholar of Japanese history and literature Ivan Morris explores the politics, society, religious life, and superstitions of the period. Offering readers detailed portrayals of the daily lives of courtiers, the cult of beauty they espoused, and the intricate relations between the men and women of the age, The World of the Shining Prince has been a cornerstone text on ancient Japan for half a century."@en

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  • "History"
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  • "光源氏の世界"
  • "The world of the shining prince : court life in ancient Japan"@en
  • "The world of the shining prince : court life in ancient Japan"
  • "Hikaru genji no sekai"@ja
  • "The world of the shining prince"
  • "La vie de cour dans l'ancien Japon : au temps du Prince Genji"
  • "The World of the shining prince : court life in ancient Japan. Ivan Morris"
  • "The world of the shining prince : court life in Ancient Japan"
  • "The World of the Shining Prince : Court Life in Ancient Japan"
  • "The world of the shining prince : court life in ancient Japan ; [a brilliant study of the cultured, aesthetic world of a Japanese élite during the Heian period]"
  • "Hikaru Genji no sekai"
  • "The World of the shining prince"
  • "World of the shining prince"@en
  • "World Of The Shining Prince : Court Life In Ancient Japan"
  • "La vie de cour dans l'ancien Japon au temps du Prince Genji"
  • "Der leuchtende Prinz : höf. Leben im alten Japan"
  • "La vie de cour dans l'ancien Japon au temps du prince Genji"
  • "El mundo del príncipe resplandeciente"@es
  • "El mundo del príncipe resplandeciente"
  • "La vie de cour dans l'ancien Japon"
  • "El Mundo del príncipe resplandeciente"
  • "The World of the Shining Prince. Court life in ancient Japan"@en
  • "The world of the Shining Prince : court life in ancient Japan"
  • "The world of the shining prince court life in ancient japan"@en
  • "Il mondo del principe splendente : vita di corte nell'antico Giappone"@it
  • "Il mondo del principe splendente : vita di corte nell'antico Giappone"
  • "The World of the shining prince : court life in ancient Japan"@en
  • "The World of the shining prince : court life in ancient Japan"
  • "The world of the shining prince : Court life in ancient Japan"
  • "The world of the shining prince : Court life in ancient Japan"@en
  • "The world of the shining prince. Court life in ancient Japan"@en
  • "Kogenshi no sekai : kodai Nihon no kyutei seikatsu"
  • "The World of the Shining Prince : court life in Ancient Japan"
  • "The world of the shining prince; court life in ancient Japan"@en
  • "The world of the shining prince; court life in ancient Japan"
  • "The world of the shining prince court life in ancient Japan"
  • "The world of the shining prince court life in ancient Japan"@en
  • "De prins van het licht : hofleven in het vroeg-middeleeuwse Japan"

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