Tale Of Ganji

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The Tale of Ganji not only keeps a unique color of "Japan" but also has literary transcendence beyond the age. There is the beauty of the sentence and the elegance of the city full of lyricism. This story shows the essence of literature and predicts future Japanese literature from Japanese modern literature to modern literature. The big axis of The Tale of Ganji is summarized as "Genji's complex woman relationship". Of course, it is a work that creates a rich and colorful story by combining various characters, customs of the times, and culture, but the flow of the story is simply explained by Genji's complex woman relationship and another affection that leads to descendants. It is often difficult to increase the value of the work in the plot …show more content…
At that time, aristocratic customs exchanged letters in the early stages of romance without seeing their faces. The nobles communicated their feelings in correspondence even after the bedtime.What is interesting is that after expressing his feelings metaphorically through poetry, he added a short, straightforward heart. I can see it as a tribe, but considering the situation when it was not easy to see the face between men and women, it can be seen as intended to convey the emotion more accurately. However, the marriage life of Genji and Aoi was not that romantic and beautiful. Aoi was four years older than Genji and had a low sexual attractiveness. This was one of the reasons why Genji is making an affair if he gets a chance to get out of the way. In unfortunate marriage life, the eldest son name Yugiri was born between Genji and Aoi, however due to the vindictive spirit of Miyasudokoro Aoi died. Miyasudokoro was one of the women who tangled with …show more content…
This is in contrast to the humorous atmosphere of satirizing one's ugly appearance. In the ‘Tale of Genji’ characters who suddenly die by the vindictive spirit often appear. It reflects the unreasonable aspect of medical knowledge that was superseded by superstition, but it is a glimpse of the way of thinking at the time of trying to interpret the causal relationship between human disease and death through the combination of Buddhism and shamanism. 'Free Life' is also a theme consciousness that goes through the whole 'The Tale of Genji'. Genji, who had no affection to Aoi, was indifferent to the growth of Yugiri. The young Genji concentrated more on female bias than on child rearing. Also, in the Japanese royal family of the Heian period, Koryo music was often played. It is the part that reveals the influence of the Korean Peninsula on Japan, along with the viewers of Balhae, who was aware of the destiny of