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1taleofgenji.org
The Tale of Genji
After spending just a week in Kyoto in 1999 I became interested in Japanese history and culture, which led me to read the Heian-era classic of Japanese literature ... This in turn led to an interest in ancient Japanese literature and the places mentioned in old texts and poems. ... This site is an ongoing effort to photograph places featured in The Tale of Genji and other Heian-era diaries and chronicles, mainly in the area around Kyoto and Nara, the ancient capitals. ...
A photographic guide to the temples, shrines and locations mentioned in Murasaki Shikibu's classic Japanese novel, The Tale of Genji.

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