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The tale of genji report
1.
2. Murasaki Shikibu
Born about 978 in Kyoto,
Japan and a daughter of
a provincial Governor
serving under Fujiwara
clan.
About the
Author
Her real name was
never known.
A Japanese novelist, one of her
country's greatest writers and
maid of honor in the imperial
court.
3. Murasaki Shikibu
Little is known about her
except that she was
married to Fujiwara
Nobutaka and that she
kept a diary of court life,
which she transformed
into a novel after her
husband's death.
About the
Author
5. Heian means “peace and
“tranquility” in Japanese
The Heian Period 794-
1192
Heian capital is the “Kyoto”
today
The last division of classical
Japanese history
Period of rise of samurai
class
The birth of Japan
Literatures
6. The Tale Of
Genji
Background
Written about 1,000 years
ago and has 54 chapters and
over 1,000 pages of text in its
English translation.
It is generally considered to
be the world's first true
novel, and was certainly the
first psychological novel
ever written.
7. The Tale Of Genji
Background
The tale of Genji deals with
the life of a prince and his
seemingly endless affairs with
various court ladies
The novel depicts a refined
Japanese court life during
the Heian period,
8. The Tale Of Genji
Background
It was created for the
purpose of
entertainment for upper
class women of
Aristocracy.
It is both romantic and
political type of story.
9. The Tale Of Genji
Background
The tale is parallel
to the Heian society, one
group of elites obsessed in
rank, leisure and breeding,
they were acutely sensitive
to beauty of nature and
pleasures of music, poetry
and calligraphy, as it was
portrayed in this tale.
11. Prince
Hikaru Genji
Son of the Emperor and
a low-ranking court lady;
hero of the novel
he is described as a
superbly handsome man.
Genji is the second son
of an emperor, but he is
delegated to civilian life
for political reasons and
lives as an imperial
officer.
12. Emperor
Father of Genji, and
his favorite concubine
is Lady Kiritsubo, the
mother of Genji.
Later he married
Princess Fujitsubo
who resembles his
former Lady
Kiritsubo.
13. Princess
Fujitsubo
Emperor's Wife, Reizei's
mother
She resembles the deceased
concubine of the Emperor,
and later she becomes one
of his wives.
Genji loves her first as a
stepmother, but later as a
woman, and they fall in love
with each other.
14. Princess
Aoi No Ue
She is Genji's first wife, the
Left Minister's daughter
and mother of Yugiri (Son
of Genji)
She’s married to Genji by
political arrangement, and
with out mutual feelings
they didn’t have a good
relationship with each
other.
15. Lady
Murasaki
Murasaki becomes the
love of Genji’s life but was
not originally his principal
consort.
Genji’s deepest and most
enduring love is for
Murasaki, who enters his
life a waif in need of
protection but whose first
claim in Genji’s affections
derives from her
resemblance to her cousin
16. Lady Rokujo
Another Genji’s mistress
It was said that she became
anxious over Genji’s wife,
Lady Aoi because of the
carriage accident, that she
turns into an evil spirit and
attack the lady night by
night until she finally kills
her.
17. Lady Kiritsubo
She is the favorite
concubine of the
emperor and mother of
Genji.
The concubines were
jealous. With their
continuous jealousy and
hostility, it led her
health failing and later
on death.
18. Lady Oburuzukiyo
She is a concubine of
the Emperor Suzaku and
another Genji's secret
love affair.
Their relationship was
exposed when they
were discovered
meeting in a secret
place that caused Genji’s
exile.
19. Lady Of Akashi
Wealthy merchants
daughter of Akashi.
Genji had an affair with
her during his exile in
Akashi and she gave
birth Third Princess
Akashi whom soon
became Empress Akashi.
20. Princess
Ona Sanno
Miya
Genji’s third wife and
cousin of Fujitsubo
Had an illicit affair with
another man because of
jealousness on the
attention of Genji to
Murasaki
21. Characters in the tale of Genji
CHARACTERS DESCRIPTION
Reizei Emperor son of Genji and Fujitsubo
Yugiri son of Genji and Aoi
Kashiwagi Sano Miya Illicit lover, Father of Kaoru
Hyobu, Prince Fujitsubo's elder brother, Murasaki's father
Kaoru son of Third Princess and Kashiwagi
Akashi Empress daughter of Genji and Akashi Lady
Niou Grand son of Genji, Son of the Akashi Empress
Nakanokimi Sister of Oigimi, had an affair with Niou
Rokonokimi Daughter of Yugiri, Became wife of Niou
Ukifune
Step-sister of Nakanokimi, Became mistress of Niou and
Kaoru
22. The Tale of Genji 3 Major
Sections
I. A Youth Chapters
Love, Romance and Exile
II. Triumph and Obstacle Chapters
A watch of power and death of his Beloved
wife
III.The transition Chapters
Genji’s Death
Genji’s Descendants, Niou and Kaoru
26. Theme
The Tale of Genji, probes a romantic and
political workings of Mid-Heian Japan.
The tale spreads across four generations,
splashed with poetry and romance and
heightened awareness to the fleeting quality of
life
27. Conflict
The Man versus Himself or Moral
In this tale the main character struggles in a
great dilemma living between pleasure
gratification,deceitful acts or living principled
and decently
