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Published: 2009-09-17 16:42:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 7064; Favourites: 259; Downloads: 231
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光源氏 and 若紫 from 源氏物語[The Tale of Genji].The Tale of Genji is classical literature written by Murasaki Shikibu(a woman writer) in the early eleventh century.
It called the world's first novel.
The detailed thing to Wiki.
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Because I drew this on a whim, it is corner-cutting considerably…
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oh my God! I was really shocked yet happy at the same time when I saw this artwork of yours!
I learned about Genji Monogatari in my university and actually I just finished the related subject this year.
This piece by Murasaki Shikibu is really popular among us, the Japanese Language and Culture Students. I think this is the first most complicated (and long ) fictional story Japan has, isn't it?
Anyway, really great job with this art, dear!! They are simple yet lovely! Keep it up!
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そういえばdeviantartで源氏物語を見かけないですよね。
アニメ化されていないと知名度低いのか…。
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haha my sister was reading that book a few years back and was telling me about it.....very interesting :9
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I've been reading the story. 
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Beautiful! I haven't finished reading it yet, but I'm about a third of the way through.
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Beautifully done! I'd love to read the story behind it.
Ari chan
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This is the same story as Minamoto Yoshitsune and Shizuka-gozen?
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No. 源義経Yoshitsune Minamoto is the person who existed in history.
The Tale of Genji is fiction.
The family name called the 源 is one of the family names to give when the royalty comes off the family register; (the Japanese royalty does not have a family name).
And,These are the same Heian era(794~1185), but the birth of Yoshitsune is the back for 150 years than the times when a novel was written.
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