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Preview THE TALE OF GENJI with selected quotes from the early part of the novel (as translated by Edward G. Seidensticker in 1976).
📜 The Tale of Genji is a classic work of Japanese literature written in the early 11th century by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting MURASAKI SHIKIBU.
📜 The work recounts the life of Hikaru Genji, or "Shining Genji", who is the son of an ancient Japanese emperor and a low-ranking concubine called Kiritsubo Consort.
📜 For political reasons, the emperor removes Genji from the line of succession, demoting him to a commoner by giving him the surname Minamoto, and he pursues a career as an imperial officer.
📜 The tale concentrates on Genji's romantic life and describes the customs of the aristocratic society of the time.
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