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https://www.alojapan.com/1512317/the-man-behind-the-beautiful-imperial-garden-in-kyoto/ The man behind the beautiful Imperial garden in Kyoto #Edo #Hachijo #imperial #ImperialHouseholdAgency #ImperialPalace #JapanNews #Japanese #KatsuraImperialVilla #KatsuraGaki #Kumamoto #Kyoto #KyotoHiroshigeYazawa #KyotoImperialPalace #KyotoNews #KyotoOffice #MasahikoImai #news #NishikyōWard #PrinceToshihito #RyuseiMiyatani #ShugakuinImperialVilla #TheEmperor #TheTaleOfGenji #YoshiakiTakami #京都 #京都府 Japan News|Published 1 hour ago Hiroshige Y
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https://www.alojapan.com/1512317/the-man-behind-the-beautiful-imperial-garden-in-kyoto/ The man behind the beautiful Imperial garden in Kyoto #Edo #Hachijo #imperial #ImperialHouseholdAgency #ImperialPalace #JapanNews #Japanese #KatsuraImperialVilla #KatsuraGaki #Kumamoto #Kyoto #KyotoHiroshigeYazawa #KyotoImperialPalace #KyotoNews #KyotoOffice #MasahikoImai #news #NishikyōWard #PrinceToshihito #RyuseiMiyatani #ShugakuinImperialVilla #TheEmperor #TheTaleOfGenji #YoshiakiTakami #京都 #京都府 Japan News|Published 1 hour ago Hiroshige Y
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From 17th-century merchants to Meiji fiction, the humble umbrella traces commerce, belief and loneliness across Japanese history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/history/umbrella-japanese-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #meijiera #thetaleofgenji #umbrellas #mitsui
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From 17th-century merchants to Meiji fiction, the humble umbrella traces commerce, belief and loneliness across Japanese history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/history/umbrella-japanese-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #meijiera #thetaleofgenji #umbrellas #mitsui
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From 17th-century merchants to Meiji fiction, the humble umbrella traces commerce, belief and loneliness across Japanese history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/history/umbrella-japanese-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #meijiera #thetaleofgenji #umbrellas #mitsui
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From 17th-century merchants to Meiji fiction, the humble umbrella traces commerce, belief and loneliness across Japanese history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/history/umbrella-japanese-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #meijiera #thetaleofgenji #umbrellas #mitsui
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Rozan-ji's 'Genji-no-tei' (源氏庭) was designed in 1965, inspired by Heian period gardens. Kikyō offer the only real colour.
White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as 'Genji Kumogata' (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on 'The Tale of Genji' scrolls. -
Rozan-ji's 'Genji-no-tei' (源氏庭) was designed in 1965, inspired by Heian period gardens. Kikyō offer the only real colour.
White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as 'Genji Kumogata' (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on 'The Tale of Genji' scrolls. -
Rozan-ji's 'Genji-no-tei' (源氏庭) was designed in 1965, inspired by Heian period gardens. Kikyō offer the only real colour.
White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as 'Genji Kumogata' (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on 'The Tale of Genji' scrolls. -
Rozan-ji's 'Genji-no-tei' (源氏庭) was designed in 1965, inspired by Heian period gardens. Kikyō offer the only real colour.
White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as 'Genji Kumogata' (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on 'The Tale of Genji' scrolls. -
“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
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“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
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“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
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“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
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Popular Science: College students digitized 795 poems from the world’s oldest novel. “Scholars and students have spent nearly a decade documenting and digitizing a vast, first-of-its-kind repository for hundreds of medieval Japanese poems. But the compendium doesn’t draw from an array of authors. Instead, a single woman penned all the 11th century poems as part of a larger book, widely […]
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Popular Science: College students digitized 795 poems from the world’s oldest novel. “Scholars and students have spent nearly a decade documenting and digitizing a vast, first-of-its-kind repository for hundreds of medieval Japanese poems. But the compendium doesn’t draw from an array of authors. Instead, a single woman penned all the 11th century poems as part of a larger book, widely […]
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Popular Science: College students digitized 795 poems from the world’s oldest novel. “Scholars and students have spent nearly a decade documenting and digitizing a vast, first-of-its-kind repository for hundreds of medieval Japanese poems. But the compendium doesn’t draw from an array of authors. Instead, a single woman penned all the 11th century poems as part of a larger book, widely […]
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Popular Science: College students digitized 795 poems from the world’s oldest novel. “Scholars and students have spent nearly a decade documenting and digitizing a vast, first-of-its-kind repository for hundreds of medieval Japanese poems. But the compendium doesn’t draw from an array of authors. Instead, a single woman penned all the 11th century poems as part of a larger book, widely […]
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Katsura village was a popular retreat during the summer for aristocrats escaping the city heat.
River-boating and melon-viewing were popular pastimes, and in the autumn people flocked to see the full moon.
Katsura trees (桂), connected to the moon god, grew in profusion here. -
Katsura village was a popular retreat during the summer for aristocrats escaping the city heat.
River-boating and melon-viewing were popular pastimes, and in the autumn people flocked to see the full moon.
Katsura trees (桂), connected to the moon god, grew in profusion here. -
Katsura village was a popular retreat during the summer for aristocrats escaping the city heat.
River-boating and melon-viewing were popular pastimes, and in the autumn people flocked to see the full moon.
Katsura trees (桂), connected to the moon god, grew in profusion here. -
Katsura village was a popular retreat during the summer for aristocrats escaping the city heat.
River-boating and melon-viewing were popular pastimes, and in the autumn people flocked to see the full moon.
Katsura trees (桂), connected to the moon god, grew in profusion here. -
Beginning as little more than 'a teahouse in the melon patch', Prince Hachijō Toshihito (八条宮 智仁親王 1579–1629) and his son poured what wealth they had into building Katsura Detached Villa (桂離宮), recreating the aesthetics of the Heian period and "The Tale of Genji".
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Beginning as little more than 'a teahouse in the melon patch', Prince Hachijō Toshihito (八条宮 智仁親王 1579–1629) and his son poured what wealth they had into building Katsura Detached Villa (桂離宮), recreating the aesthetics of the Heian period and "The Tale of Genji".
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Beginning as little more than 'a teahouse in the melon patch', Prince Hachijō Toshihito (八条宮 智仁親王 1579–1629) and his son poured what wealth they had into building Katsura Detached Villa (桂離宮), recreating the aesthetics of the Heian period and "The Tale of Genji".
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Beginning as little more than 'a teahouse in the melon patch', Prince Hachijō Toshihito (八条宮 智仁親王 1579–1629) and his son poured what wealth they had into building Katsura Detached Villa (桂離宮), recreating the aesthetics of the Heian period and "The Tale of Genji".
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A little later Genji's wife, Lady Aoi (葵の上), has her servants maliciously shove Rokujō's carriage aside.
Utterly humiliated and filled with hatred, Rokujō's living spirit will later possess and kill Aoi!
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A little later Genji's wife, Lady Aoi (葵の上), has her servants maliciously shove Rokujō's carriage aside.
Utterly humiliated and filled with hatred, Rokujō's living spirit will later possess and kill Aoi!
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A little later Genji's wife, Lady Aoi (葵の上), has her servants maliciously shove Rokujō's carriage aside.
Utterly humiliated and filled with hatred, Rokujō's living spirit will later possess and kill Aoi!
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A little later Genji's wife, Lady Aoi (葵の上), has her servants maliciously shove Rokujō's carriage aside.
Utterly humiliated and filled with hatred, Rokujō's living spirit will later possess and kill Aoi!
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Chapter 9 of 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語), 'Aoi' (葵), features the Aoi Matsuri (葵祭).
As Hikaru Genji (光源氏) is participating in the festival Lady Rokujō (御息所), his mistress, arrives early in her carriage to save a good spot. -
Chapter 9 of 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語), 'Aoi' (葵), features the Aoi Matsuri (葵祭).
As Hikaru Genji (光源氏) is participating in the festival Lady Rokujō (御息所), his mistress, arrives early in her carriage to save a good spot. -
Chapter 9 of 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語), 'Aoi' (葵), features the Aoi Matsuri (葵祭).
As Hikaru Genji (光源氏) is participating in the festival Lady Rokujō (御息所), his mistress, arrives early in her carriage to save a good spot. -
Chapter 9 of 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語), 'Aoi' (葵), features the Aoi Matsuri (葵祭).
As Hikaru Genji (光源氏) is participating in the festival Lady Rokujō (御息所), his mistress, arrives early in her carriage to save a good spot. -
From 831 cherry blossom banquets became an annual event at court, and as the Heian period deepened 'hanami' came to refer only to sakura.
As cherry blossom parties became fashionable amongst the aristocracy, 'hanami' began to appear in works such as 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語).
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From 831 cherry blossom banquets became an annual event at court, and as the Heian period deepened 'hanami' came to refer only to sakura.
As cherry blossom parties became fashionable amongst the aristocracy, 'hanami' began to appear in works such as 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語).
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From 831 cherry blossom banquets became an annual event at court, and as the Heian period deepened 'hanami' came to refer only to sakura.
As cherry blossom parties became fashionable amongst the aristocracy, 'hanami' began to appear in works such as 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語).
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From 831 cherry blossom banquets became an annual event at court, and as the Heian period deepened 'hanami' came to refer only to sakura.
As cherry blossom parties became fashionable amongst the aristocracy, 'hanami' began to appear in works such as 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語).
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From the poetic joys of the "Manyoshu" to the melancholy depths of "The Tale of Genji," how do Japan’s ancient traditions of “leaving the world” resonate with today’s "hikikomori" phenomenon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/17/japan/history/genji-manyoshu-poetry-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #thetaleofgenji #manyoshu #history #naraperiod #heianperiod
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From the poetic joys of the "Manyoshu" to the melancholy depths of "The Tale of Genji," how do Japan’s ancient traditions of “leaving the world” resonate with today’s "hikikomori" phenomenon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/17/japan/history/genji-manyoshu-poetry-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #thetaleofgenji #manyoshu #history #naraperiod #heianperiod
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From the poetic joys of the "Manyoshu" to the melancholy depths of "The Tale of Genji," how do Japan’s ancient traditions of “leaving the world” resonate with today’s "hikikomori" phenomenon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/17/japan/history/genji-manyoshu-poetry-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #thetaleofgenji #manyoshu #history #naraperiod #heianperiod
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From the poetic joys of the "Manyoshu" to the melancholy depths of "The Tale of Genji," how do Japan’s ancient traditions of “leaving the world” resonate with today’s "hikikomori" phenomenon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/17/japan/history/genji-manyoshu-poetry-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #thetaleofgenji #manyoshu #history #naraperiod #heianperiod
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“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
#TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語 #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #Japan #Kyoto #dayflower #京都
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“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
#TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語 #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #Japan #Kyoto #dayflower #京都
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“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
#TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語 #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #Japan #Kyoto #dayflower #京都
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“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”
-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).
#TheTaleofGenji #源氏物語 #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #Japan #Kyoto #dayflower #京都
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Yotsutsuji Yoshinari (四辻善成 1326-1402) describes the villa in "Kakaishō" (河海抄), a commentary on "The Tale of Genji" written between 1362-67. He places it south of Ogimachi and west of Kyōgoku, close to the temple of Tōhoku-in (東北院).
Kanesuke's residence, 'Tsutsumi-tei' (堤第 'Pavilion on the Riverbank'), was later inherited by Murasaki's father, Fujiwara-no-Tametoki (藤原為時 ?-1029).
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Yotsutsuji Yoshinari (四辻善成 1326-1402) describes the villa in "Kakaishō" (河海抄), a commentary on "The Tale of Genji" written between 1362-67. He places it south of Ogimachi and west of Kyōgoku, close to the temple of Tōhoku-in (東北院).
Kanesuke's residence, 'Tsutsumi-tei' (堤第 'Pavilion on the Riverbank'), was later inherited by Murasaki's father, Fujiwara-no-Tametoki (藤原為時 ?-1029).
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Yotsutsuji Yoshinari (四辻善成 1326-1402) describes the villa in "Kakaishō" (河海抄), a commentary on "The Tale of Genji" written between 1362-67. He places it south of Ogimachi and west of Kyōgoku, close to the temple of Tōhoku-in (東北院).
Kanesuke's residence, 'Tsutsumi-tei' (堤第 'Pavilion on the Riverbank'), was later inherited by Murasaki's father, Fujiwara-no-Tametoki (藤原為時 ?-1029).
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Yotsutsuji Yoshinari (四辻善成 1326-1402) describes the villa in "Kakaishō" (河海抄), a commentary on "The Tale of Genji" written between 1362-67. He places it south of Ogimachi and west of Kyōgoku, close to the temple of Tōhoku-in (東北院).
Kanesuke's residence, 'Tsutsumi-tei' (堤第 'Pavilion on the Riverbank'), was later inherited by Murasaki's father, Fujiwara-no-Tametoki (藤原為時 ?-1029).
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Iwato Myōken-gū's statue of Myōken likely belonged to Reigan-ji (霊厳寺), a temple established in 839 by Engyō (円行), and famously alluded to in 'Wakamurasaki' (若紫), Chapter 5 of 'The Tale of Genji'.
In Heian times imperial offerings were made on the 9th day of the 9th month.
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Iwato Myōken-gū's statue of Myōken likely belonged to Reigan-ji (霊厳寺), a temple established in 839 by Engyō (円行), and famously alluded to in 'Wakamurasaki' (若紫), Chapter 5 of 'The Tale of Genji'.
In Heian times imperial offerings were made on the 9th day of the 9th month.
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Iwato Myōken-gū's statue of Myōken likely belonged to Reigan-ji (霊厳寺), a temple established in 839 by Engyō (円行), and famously alluded to in 'Wakamurasaki' (若紫), Chapter 5 of 'The Tale of Genji'.
In Heian times imperial offerings were made on the 9th day of the 9th month.
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Iwato Myōken-gū's statue of Myōken likely belonged to Reigan-ji (霊厳寺), a temple established in 839 by Engyō (円行), and famously alluded to in 'Wakamurasaki' (若紫), Chapter 5 of 'The Tale of Genji'.
In Heian times imperial offerings were made on the 9th day of the 9th month.
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Legend has it that on the 15th night of the 8th month in 1004 Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), on retreat with her mistress Empress Shōshi, was inspired to write The Tale of Genji.
Although she had likely already begun her book, the event is still immortalized at the temple (源氏の間).
#TheTaleofGenji #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #Japan #Ishiyamadera #石山寺 #Shiga #滋賀県
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Legend has it that on the 15th night of the 8th month in 1004 Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), on retreat with her mistress Empress Shōshi, was inspired to write The Tale of Genji.
Although she had likely already begun her book, the event is still immortalized at the temple (源氏の間).
#TheTaleofGenji #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #Japan #Ishiyamadera #石山寺 #Shiga #滋賀県
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Legend has it that on the 15th night of the 8th month in 1004 Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), on retreat with her mistress Empress Shōshi, was inspired to write The Tale of Genji.
Although she had likely already begun her book, the event is still immortalized at the temple (源氏の間).
#TheTaleofGenji #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #Japan #Ishiyamadera #石山寺 #Shiga #滋賀県
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Legend has it that on the 15th night of the 8th month in 1004 Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), on retreat with her mistress Empress Shōshi, was inspired to write The Tale of Genji.
Although she had likely already begun her book, the event is still immortalized at the temple (源氏の間).
#TheTaleofGenji #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #Japan #Ishiyamadera #石山寺 #Shiga #滋賀県
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Ōhara was the teaching centre of Tendai 'shōmyō' (声明), a style of Buddhist chant that employed the Yo scale (a pentatonic scale also used in gagaku 雅楽).
The area's rivers were named after the ancient chromatic scale: Ro-gawa (呂川) after the 6 even-numbered notes (呂曲) and Ritsu-gawa (律川) after the 6 odd (律曲).
Ōhara is also home to the beautiful 'Otonashi-no-taki' (音無の滝 'Silent Waterfall'), featured in The Tale of Genji. -
Ōhara was the teaching centre of Tendai 'shōmyō' (声明), a style of Buddhist chant that employed the Yo scale (a pentatonic scale also used in gagaku 雅楽).
The area's rivers were named after the ancient chromatic scale: Ro-gawa (呂川) after the 6 even-numbered notes (呂曲) and Ritsu-gawa (律川) after the 6 odd (律曲).
Ōhara is also home to the beautiful 'Otonashi-no-taki' (音無の滝 'Silent Waterfall'), featured in The Tale of Genji.