And one more thing...

[telophase]

Re: my last post about the Tale of Genji: Tyler also mentions that at the time Genji was written, most upper-class women probably wouldn't be reading it themselves, but would look at pictures of it while one of their attending women read it out loud to them. I like to think of the LJ commentary almost as a continuation of that sort of thing, only we're a helluva lot more snarky.

So, here's some pictures:

Photographs of many sites mentioned in the book.

A screen illustrating the first 17 chapters

The Wikipedia entry, with links to outside sites

A summary with a few manga-style illustrations

Comments

[herchuckness.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links, especially the first one. The gardens just kill me. I've been trying to read Genji for a few years now without much success, maybe I'll give it another go.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

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