#shikibu murasaki

[garadinervi]

Kees Nieuwenhuijzen, Yugao: een verhaal en vijf no-spelen [text and translation by H. C. ten Berge; Murasaki Shikibu et al.], Van Gennep, Amsterdam, 1969 [Dutch Graphic Roots]

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Yoshitaka Yuriko as Murasaki Shikibu in Hikaru Kimi e /To You Shining (2024)

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Murasaki Shikibu

[whilereadingandwalking]

Genji is not a perfect person, but there’s a purity to him, a beauty that’s clearly meant to be lauded, particularly in contrast to later chapters. He’s in love with love, a true romantic, and his sometimes unwise affairs are motivated by a true sense of love. He never abandons one of his lovers, which in this time is crucial. No matter the shame it brings to himself, he tries to find a way to honor the women he’s fallen for. He’s charming. No one can not love him, or ultimately forgive him his faults.

The age of Tale of Genji had strict rules of romance—of how flirtations worked (largely intermediaries and poetry), of how commitments worked, of how aloof vs. present it was appropriate to be (it’s good to commit but bad to hoard or become jealous). It was possible to love too much. Genji is accused of this, but he always remembers to care for the people he is responsible for—once he grows up that is.

Early in the text, he neglects his wife, and he also neglects “the Rokujo lady.” The Rokujo lady becomes so jealous and enraged that her spirit begins to sicken his wife. This ghost returns more than once over the course of the text. She has grown sick from obsession and neglect, and Genji pays the price for it. It’s part of what motivates him to always care for the women he romances for the rest of his life.

Later, in the “Uji” chapters, young Kaoru and prince Niou also love too much. Niou is impulsive like Genji but also flighty, and Kaoru is serious like Genji but also obsessive. Both men pursue the women at Uji with insistence that the text can’t quite forgive as it could for Genji. Both, somehow, go too far—perhaps in their attempts to hoard, or in their impatience.

[shanks]

魚デニム

[yee-art]

2 kinds of Old man

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[totallyseiso]

There's just something about seeing a real historical figure turned into an anime character on an official city sign

[dreams-of-mutiny]

Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams.

— Murasaki Shikibu

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水着紫式部 by TEDDY ※Illustration shared with permission from the artist. If you like this artwork please support the artist by visiting the source.

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by 草野シンタ

[redsamuraiii]

Hikaru Kimi e / To You Shining (January 2024)

The tale of the Heian scholar and writer of "The Tale of Genji", Murasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko).

She uses her feelings and passion for Fujiwara Michinaga (Yu Emoto), to create a story about Hikaru Genji (Hikaru-kun).

Official Website : NHK

[kikaruuni]

Fate Grand Order material VIII [Digital]part 5

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★ 【霧月】 「 ビブリオフィリア // 二天一流の女 」 ☆ ✔ republished w/permission ⊳ ⊳ follow me on twitter

[shanks]

魚デニム

[edithsotoart]

Happy birthday, Kunikida! Murasaki got you a muffin because she can't make sweets herself.