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  • The "Genji" is supposed to have been begun in 1002, and most commentators believe it to have been finished in 1004.

    Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan b. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu 1920

  • She went back again to her toys, and presented a toy prince, whom she called Genji, at the Court of her toy house.

    Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Various 1880

  • The generic name, Heikea, comes from a Japanese clan called the Heike, who were defeated at sea in the battle of Danno-Ura 1185 by a rival clan called the Genji.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • The generic name, Heikea, comes from a Japanese clan called the Heike, who were defeated at sea in the battle of Danno-Ura 1185 by a rival clan called the Genji.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • It's about a prince called Genji who ends up screwing countless of women, call him the Japanese version of Don Juan if you want.

    Anime Nano! 2009

  • (also called Genji) and the Taira clan (also called Heike) at the start of the

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Written by a lady of the Heain court in Japan in the 11th century, "Genji" can be daunting.

    Periscope 2007

  • The Diary proves her dramatic sense, as the "Genji" would also do could it find so sympathetic a translator.

    Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan b. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu 1920

  • It is an enormous work, comprising no less than fifty-four books and running to over four thousand pages – the genealogical tree of the personages alone is eighty pages long – but no reader of the Diary will need to be convinced that the "Genji" is not merely sprightly and captivating, but powerful as well.

    Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan b. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu 1920

  • The two great families who occupy such a large space in the pages of Japanese history are spoken of together as "Gen-Pei," and independently as "Genji" and "Heishi," or "Minamoto" and

    A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

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