Artworks & Articles
Development of writing in Japan
Tosa Mitsuyoshi (Edo period),
Scenes from
The Tale of Genji.
Women as writers
Unknown (Heian period), Genji Monogatari
emaki
Women as readers
Manuscript production
Bookbinding methods
Sei Shōnagon and
The Pillow Book
Unknown (Heian period), Kokin Wakashū
manuscript
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1896),
Sei Shōnagon
Murasaki Shikibu and
The Tale of Genji
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