The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140054798 (0140054790)
Publish date: December 20th 1979
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 348
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Culture,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Japan,
Japanese Literature,
World History
I was worried that this book was going to be a slog. The topic is a bit obscure - the aristocratic world of 10th century Japan at the time of Lady Murasaki's novel The Tale of Gengi. So some possiblity it would be one of those not terribly well written academic tomes, long on footnotes, short on re...