Kitayama no Amagimi
Also Known As: The nun
Gender: F
Age: Past 40 - death (Chapter 5 “Young Murasaki”--the only chapter she significantly features in)
First Introduced: Chapter 5 “Young Murasaki”
Relations: Murasaki’s aged grandmother
Rank / Office / Title: A nun, 5
Other Relevant Information: N/a
Genji Links
- All 795 waka in the Genji, in order of their appearance in the text, divided by chapter
- Information on Kyoto (Modern day)
- Japanese Literature - Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan
- Links to Genji fashions and trends as seen in paintings
- Links to Genji fashions and trends as seen in paintings (2)
- Links to Genji fashions and trends as seen in paintings (3)
- Links to Genji fashions and trends as seen in paintings (4)
- Mp3 files of somebody reading Genji in Japanese
- Murasaki Shikibu: Genji monogatari (1987) - an animated film based on The Tale of Genji
- Narration, Courtesy, and Names by Royall Tyler
- Pictures from a Genji museum in Uji and from an illustrated handscroll of The Tale of Genji
- The Tale of Genji 1976 Seidensticker translation
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