Introduction
What is the Tale of Genji considered?
A masterpiece
What did Lady Murasaki observe?
The life around her
What else is described in the Diary?
A celebration of the queens newborn son
What year was was the diary made?
1059
What did the women develope?
Their own japanese style of language
Where was Murasaki born?
Japan
What did Lady Murasaki write in her diary?
Her observations and reactions
What does the prince do as the women dance?
He cries beautifully
What was she doing while reading the books?
Sobbing
What came out of Japan's Heian period, from the late 8th to the late 12th century?
Many works of art and literature
What year was Murasaki born?
978
What was lady Murasaki a memeber of?
The Fujiwara court.
What was the diary about?
Lady Murasaki and what it was like living in the Prime Minister's house
What did she read many volumes of?
Genji-monogatari
What were women discouraged from knowing?
The official language
What was Murasaki in the year 1005?
Lady-in waiting to the queen
Why did most men write in Chinese?
It was the official language of the government
How does Murasaki describe the other women's dresses?
Big dresses that represent the ocean
What did she pray for?
That she could read all the books
What was Murasaki influential in?
Spreading the Japanese language
Why do historians not know the real name of Murasaki?
Many women in Heian Japan had nicknames
What did women express in their language?
Their thoughts and stories
What do the women dance to?
The sound of flutes and drum.
What did her aunt give her?
50 volumes of Genji-monogatari
What was Murasaki taught that mostly only boys knew?
How to read and write