October 26, 2024 at 10:09 PM
🌸 Exploring Japan’s 1899 Chrysanthemum Stamps and The Tale of Genji 🌸
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#Philately #ChrysanthemumStamps #JapaneseHistory #TheTaleOfGenji
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#Philately #ChrysanthemumStamps #JapaneseHistory #TheTaleOfGenji
December 9, 2024 at 5:08 PM
🌸 Exploring Japan’s 1899 Chrysanthemum Stamps and The Tale of Genji 🌸
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#Philately #ChrysanthemumStamps #JapaneseHistory #TheTaleOfGenji
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#Philately #ChrysanthemumStamps #JapaneseHistory #TheTaleOfGenji
November 7, 2024 at 6:36 AM
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Katsura village was a popular retreat during the summer for aristocrats escaping the city heat.
River-boating and melon-viewing were popular pastimes, and in the autumn people flocked to see the full moon.
Katsura trees (桂), connected to the moon god, grew in profusion here.
#平安時代 #TheTaleofGenji
River-boating and melon-viewing were popular pastimes, and in the autumn people flocked to see the full moon.
Katsura trees (桂), connected to the moon god, grew in profusion here.
#平安時代 #TheTaleofGenji
June 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Katsura village was a popular retreat during the summer for aristocrats escaping the city heat.
River-boating and melon-viewing were popular pastimes, and in the autumn people flocked to see the full moon.
Katsura trees (桂), connected to the moon god, grew in profusion here.
#平安時代 #TheTaleofGenji
River-boating and melon-viewing were popular pastimes, and in the autumn people flocked to see the full moon.
Katsura trees (桂), connected to the moon god, grew in profusion here.
#平安時代 #TheTaleofGenji
February 10, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Just took a new photo of my private Genji library, ready to get started on my first chapter post for the year - quite a spread, eh... #TheTaleOfGenji
January 7, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Just took a new photo of my private Genji library, ready to get started on my first chapter post for the year - quite a spread, eh... #TheTaleOfGenji
November 9, 2024 at 4:06 PM
November 7, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Beginning as little more than 'a teahouse in the melon patch', Prince Hachijō Toshihito (八条宮 智仁親王 1579–1629) and his son poured what wealth they had into building Katsura Detached Villa (桂離宮), recreating the aesthetics of the Heian period and "The Tale of Genji".
#Kyoto #TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語
#Kyoto #TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語
June 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Beginning as little more than 'a teahouse in the melon patch', Prince Hachijō Toshihito (八条宮 智仁親王 1579–1629) and his son poured what wealth they had into building Katsura Detached Villa (桂離宮), recreating the aesthetics of the Heian period and "The Tale of Genji".
#Kyoto #TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語
#Kyoto #TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語
Chapter 9 of 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語), 'Aoi' (葵), features the Aoi Matsuri (葵祭).
As Hikaru Genji (光源氏) is participating in the festival Lady Rokujō (御息所), his mistress, arrives early in her carriage to save a good spot.
#Japan #Kyoto #源氏物語 #TheTaleOfGenji
As Hikaru Genji (光源氏) is participating in the festival Lady Rokujō (御息所), his mistress, arrives early in her carriage to save a good spot.
#Japan #Kyoto #源氏物語 #TheTaleOfGenji
May 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Chapter 9 of 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語), 'Aoi' (葵), features the Aoi Matsuri (葵祭).
As Hikaru Genji (光源氏) is participating in the festival Lady Rokujō (御息所), his mistress, arrives early in her carriage to save a good spot.
#Japan #Kyoto #源氏物語 #TheTaleOfGenji
As Hikaru Genji (光源氏) is participating in the festival Lady Rokujō (御息所), his mistress, arrives early in her carriage to save a good spot.
#Japan #Kyoto #源氏物語 #TheTaleOfGenji
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 10
#MurasakiShikubu
#thetaleofgenji
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 10
#MurasakiShikubu
#thetaleofgenji
December 20, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 10
#MurasakiShikubu
#thetaleofgenji
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 10
#MurasakiShikubu
#thetaleofgenji
“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
#thetaleofgenji #源氏物語
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
#thetaleofgenji #源氏物語
August 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
#thetaleofgenji #源氏物語
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
#thetaleofgenji #源氏物語
Lady Rokujo...from my adaptation of #thetaleofgenji in the first volume of The Graphic Canon
ink on paper, 2012
ink on paper, 2012
April 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Lady Rokujo...from my adaptation of #thetaleofgenji in the first volume of The Graphic Canon
ink on paper, 2012
ink on paper, 2012
Rozan-ji's 'Genji-no-tei' (源氏庭) was designed in 1965, inspired by Heian period gardens. Kikyō offer the only real colour.
White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as 'Genji Kumogata' (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on 'The Tale of Genji' scrolls.
#源氏物語 #TheTaleofGenji #Rozanji #廬山寺
White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as 'Genji Kumogata' (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on 'The Tale of Genji' scrolls.
#源氏物語 #TheTaleofGenji #Rozanji #廬山寺
October 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Rozan-ji's 'Genji-no-tei' (源氏庭) was designed in 1965, inspired by Heian period gardens. Kikyō offer the only real colour.
White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as 'Genji Kumogata' (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on 'The Tale of Genji' scrolls.
#源氏物語 #TheTaleofGenji #Rozanji #廬山寺
White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as 'Genji Kumogata' (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on 'The Tale of Genji' scrolls.
#源氏物語 #TheTaleofGenji #Rozanji #廬山寺
A little later Genji's wife, Lady Aoi (葵の上), has her servants maliciously shove Rokujō's carriage aside.
Utterly humiliated and filled with hatred, Rokujō's living spirit will later possess and kill Aoi!
#Kyoto #京都 #葵祭 #AoiMatsuri #源氏物語 #TheTaleOfGenji #Japan
Utterly humiliated and filled with hatred, Rokujō's living spirit will later possess and kill Aoi!
#Kyoto #京都 #葵祭 #AoiMatsuri #源氏物語 #TheTaleOfGenji #Japan
May 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
A little later Genji's wife, Lady Aoi (葵の上), has her servants maliciously shove Rokujō's carriage aside.
Utterly humiliated and filled with hatred, Rokujō's living spirit will later possess and kill Aoi!
#Kyoto #京都 #葵祭 #AoiMatsuri #源氏物語 #TheTaleOfGenji #Japan
Utterly humiliated and filled with hatred, Rokujō's living spirit will later possess and kill Aoi!
#Kyoto #京都 #葵祭 #AoiMatsuri #源氏物語 #TheTaleOfGenji #Japan
I'm seriously considering buying my own copy of Tyler's translation of #TheTaleofGenji. The library late notices are getting more & more hysterical. But how can anyone read a book of 1000+ pages - tiny print! - in the same time as a regular novel?! I'm 300 in & it's not even a third of the way.
July 23, 2026 at 10:24 AM
I'm seriously considering buying my own copy of Tyler's translation of #TheTaleofGenji. The library late notices are getting more & more hysterical. But how can anyone read a book of 1000+ pages - tiny print! - in the same time as a regular novel?! I'm 300 in & it's not even a third of the way.
From 831 cherry blossom banquets became an annual event at court, & as the Heian period deepened 'hanami' came to refer only to sakura.
As cherry blossom parties became fashionable amongst the aristocracy, 'hanami' began to appear in works such as 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語).
#TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語
As cherry blossom parties became fashionable amongst the aristocracy, 'hanami' began to appear in works such as 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語).
#TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語
March 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
From 831 cherry blossom banquets became an annual event at court, & as the Heian period deepened 'hanami' came to refer only to sakura.
As cherry blossom parties became fashionable amongst the aristocracy, 'hanami' began to appear in works such as 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語).
#TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語
As cherry blossom parties became fashionable amongst the aristocracy, 'hanami' began to appear in works such as 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語).
#TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語
This week’s #TuesdayBookClub is The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu—an ancient Japanese classic that takes you not on a plot-driven journey, but into the very soul of its characters. Deep, moving, and unforgettable. 🌸📚 #TheTaleOfGenji #HeianJapan #booksky
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September 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This week’s #TuesdayBookClub is The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu—an ancient Japanese classic that takes you not on a plot-driven journey, but into the very soul of its characters. Deep, moving, and unforgettable. 🌸📚 #TheTaleOfGenji #HeianJapan #booksky
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Reading #TheTaleOfGenji. Slow going in the early chapters where the fellas just sit around complaining about the women they've dated. #ClassicLiterature #JapaneseClassics #BookSky
September 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Reading #TheTaleOfGenji. Slow going in the early chapters where the fellas just sit around complaining about the women they've dated. #ClassicLiterature #JapaneseClassics #BookSky
I was bewildered that #TheTaleOfGenji had such a hold on me ... It is a wild, confounding work that many consider to be the first #novel ever written, by a mysterious woman whose true name we’ll never know, but whom we call Murasaki Shikibu, or #LadyMurasaki.
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A Tale of Sex and Intrigue in Imperial Kyoto
A thousand years ago, Murasaki Shikibu wrote "The Tale of Genji," the world’s first novel. Who was she?
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October 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I was bewildered that #TheTaleOfGenji had such a hold on me ... It is a wild, confounding work that many consider to be the first #novel ever written, by a mysterious woman whose true name we’ll never know, but whom we call Murasaki Shikibu, or #LadyMurasaki.
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December 16, 2023 at 2:36 AM
The manga of The Tale of Genji, by the Japanese artist Yamato Waki, depicts Genji in his childhood as "the chosen kid" by those divine powers.
#OldJapan
#Medieval
#TheTaleofGenji
#JapaneseLiterature
#OldJapan
#Medieval
#TheTaleofGenji
#JapaneseLiterature
March 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The manga of The Tale of Genji, by the Japanese artist Yamato Waki, depicts Genji in his childhood as "the chosen kid" by those divine powers.
#OldJapan
#Medieval
#TheTaleofGenji
#JapaneseLiterature
#OldJapan
#Medieval
#TheTaleofGenji
#JapaneseLiterature