01169nam a2200157Ia 450000500170000000800410001708200160005810000170007424500820009126000460017330000110021952007140023065000120094465000230095665000320097920260929161734.0251219s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||  223a952 MOR  aMorris, Ivan 4aThe World of the Shining Princeb: Court Life in Ancient Japanc/ Ivan Morris  aHarmondsworthb : Penguin Books. c, 1960  a348 p.  aThe World of the Shining Prince, Ivan Morris's widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious, inbred, melancholy world of ancient Japan, has been a standard in cultural studies for nearly thirty years. Using as a frame of reference The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan's Heian period, Morris recreates an era when woman set the cultural tone. Focusing on the world of the emperor's court-the world so admired by Virginia Woolf and others-he describes the politics, society, religious life, and superstitions of the times, providing detailed portrayals of the daily life of courtiers, the cult of beauty they espoused, and the intricate relations between the men and women of this milieu.  aHistory  a Japanese History   aCultural Literary Criticism