The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan (Vintage)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00A5MREAC
Publish date: May 21st 2013
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 368
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...
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