The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan (Peregrine Books) [Mass Market Paperback]

Ivan Morris (Author)

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Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (Jun 1969)
Language English
ISBN-10: 4805304464
ISBN-13: 978-4805304464
ASIN: 0140550836
Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 1.8 cm

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A detailed study of the Japanese Heian period (c. AD 950-1050), and court life in Ancient Japan, where the elite were highly cultured and acutely aware of the aesthetic. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Evokes a lost world of elegance 22 Dec 2003

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Drawing heavily from The Tale of Gengi, this book analyzes the culture of the medieval Japanese elite. I read this years ago but the cultivated lives it describes left a deep impression: imagine a world in which love affairs were sparked by a single line of poetry passed beneath a screen, perfume-making was an art practiced by all your acquaintances, and watching the full moon was part of the social scene.

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