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100			_aMorris, Ivan
245		4	_aThe World of the Shining Prince _b: Court Life in Ancient Japan _c/ Ivan Morris
260			_aHarmondsworth _b : Penguin Books. _c, 1960
300			_a348 p.
520			_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.
650			_aHistory
650			_a Japanese History
650			_aCultural Literary Criticism
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