The Diary of Lady Murasaki

Murasaki Shikibu, Richard Bowring, Richard Bowring , Richard Bowring

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Japanese

Penguin Classics
09 March 1999

An intimate and revealing insight into the mind and heart of a Japanese lady-in-waiting.

The Diary recorded by Lady Murasaki (c. 973-c. 1020), author of The Tale of Genji, is an intimate picture of her life as tutor and companion to the young Empress Shoshi. Told in a series of vignettes, it offers revealing glimpses of the Japanese imperial palace - the auspicious birth of a prince, rivalries between the Emperor's consorts, with sharp criticism of Murasaki's fellow ladies-in-waiting and drunken courtiers, and telling remarks about the timid Empress and her powerful father, Michinaga. The Diary is also a work of great subtlety and intense personal reflection, as Murasaki makes penetrating insights into human psychology - her pragmatic observations always balanced by an exquisite and pensive melancholy.

By: Murasaki Shikibu
Notes by: Richard Bowring
Introduction by: Richard Bowring
Translated by: Richard Bowring
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 112g
ISBN: 9780140435764
ISBN 10: 014043576X
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 09 March 1999
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lady Murasaki lived in Japan at the end of the ninth century. She was the author of The Tale of the Genji, which has been hailed as the first novel. Richard Bowring has also translated The Tale of the Genji and is editor of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan.