Heian Culture and the Tale of Genji

P(論文)The Heian era was a time of great cultural and artistic refinement in ancient Japan. The culture of Heian Japan still influences Japan to the present day. The purpose of this paper is to focus on what life, especially court life, was like in the Heian era. Murasaki Shikibu's great novel, The Tale of Genji and other works of the time provide a window through which we can glimpse what the manners, customs and thoughts were like in Heian Japan.departmental bulletin pape