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The Tale of Genji
Genji was read by women together in the intimate seclusion of a palace full of secret recesses, as in this early twelfth-century illustration of a scene from Chapter Fifty (Azumaya, “The Eastern Cottage”). Hiding in her half-sister’s apartments, Ukifune is having her hair dressed while amusing herself with illustrations ofContinue Reading