1008 · The Tale of Genji is read at court
Murasaki Shikibu's diary records The Tale of Genji being read at the Heian court.
Japan · 995 CE–1015
Heian-kyō, c. 1000
Court women write The Tale of Genji and The Pillow Book.
Genji Monogatari Emaki, 12th-century handscroll1005
Who governs:
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In 1005, Sei Shōnagon is about 39 years old and Murasaki Shikibu is about 32 years old.
The world around · Heian-kyō, c. 1000
- Who governs
- The emperor reigns, but the Fujiwara family rules as regents.
- Everyday life
- Most people farm rice far from the capital and pay their taxes in kind.
- Arts and ideas
- Court women write in kana: The Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book.
- Meanwhile
- In China, the Song dynasty is in its first decades. In France, the Capetian kings are new.
Politics and power0 here in 1005
Nobody in this group yet.
