Murasaki Shikibu: Court Rivals, Secret Lessons, and the World’s First Novel
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Murasaki Shikibu: Court Rivals, Secret Lessons, and the World’s First Novel

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In this episode of pplpod, we travel back to 11th-century Japan to profile Murasaki Shikibu, the Heian-era court lady and poet best known for writing The Tale of Genji, widely considered the world's first novel. We explore her unconventional upbringing in the Fujiwara clan, where she showed such a precocious aptitude for the Chinese classics—a subject traditionally reserved for men—that her father lamented, "What a pity she was not born a man!".

Join us as we discuss:

  • Life at the Imperial Court: How the powerful Fujiwara no Michinaga brought Murasaki to court to educate his daughter, Empress Shōshi, and how she earned the nickname "The Lady of the Chronicles" for secretly teaching the Empress Chinese literature.
  • Literary Rivalries: The tension between Murasaki and her contemporary Sei Shōnagon (author of The Pillow Book), whom Murasaki described in her diary as "dreadfully conceited".
  • A Timeless Legacy: How a story written in the developing Japanese kana script captured the "sorrow of human existence" (mono no aware) and became a 54-chapter masterpiece compared to the works of Shakespeare and Proust.

Whether you are a literature buff or a history enthusiast, tune in to learn how a "withdraw[n]" and "sensitive" widow changed the course of Japanese history through the power of her pen.

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