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tagesschau"Die Geschichte vom Prinzen Genji":
"Die Geschichte vom Prinzen Genji" wird oft als der älteste Liebesroman der Weltliteratur bezeichnet. Geschrieben von einer Frau vor rund tausend Jahren am Kaiserhof in Kyoto: Murasaki Shikibu. Ihr Werk ist bis heute in Japan beliebt. Von Dominic Konrad.
Camellia Tea CeremonyFrom 831 cherry blossom banquets became an annual event at court, and 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).
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Many places, Ishiyama-dera being a famous example, had their own moon-viewing pavilions (月見亭).
Legend has it that on the 15th night of the 8th month in 1004 Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), on retreat with her mistress Empress Shōshi at Ishiyama-dera (石山寺), was inspired to write 'The Tale of Genji'.
The event is immortalized in the temple's 'Genji Room'.
“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).
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We cannot be certain where Murasaki penned her novel, but it is likely the earliest chapters would have been written at Tsutsumi-tei (堤第).
Other historians suggest the first 11 'books' were written at the nearby 'Hanachiru-sato' (花散里), residence of the Governor of Kii.
Born at the villa, it seems probable that Murasaki spent most of her life (even when married) at the house.
Standing to the west of the Kamo River, 'Tsutsumi-tei' would have been constructed in the 'palatial style' (寝殿造 'shinden-zukuri') within a sprawling pond garden.
Directly to the south stood Fujiwara-no-Michinaga's magnificent Hōjō-ji (法成寺), similar in design to Byōdō-in.
Yotsutsuji Yoshinari (四辻善成 1326-1402) describes the villa in "Kakaishō" (河海抄), a commentary on "The Tale of Genji" written between 1362-67. He places it south of Ogimachi and west of Kyōgoku, close to the temple of Tōhoku-in (東北院).
Kanesuke's residence, 'Tsutsumi-tei' (堤第 'Pavilion on the Riverbank'), was later inherited by Murasaki's father, Fujiwara-no-Tametoki (藤原為時 ?-1029).
Legend has it that on the 15th night of the 8th month in 1004 Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), on retreat with her mistress Empress Shōshi, was inspired to write The Tale of Genji.
Although she had likely already begun her book, the event is still immortalized at the temple (源氏の間).
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