The Tale of Genji was written by the Japanese women's writer and poet Zi Shibu. In addition to the beautiful "The Tale of Genji" in hand, what is the special identity of the Japanese Heian period talent girl Purple Style?
Murasaki Shikibu, Genji-shin
According to records, Shishibu's original surname was Fujiwara, because japanese women in the past had no social status, so Zishibu was not her real name. Zi Shibu later entered the palace and served as a female official of the harem empress Fujiwara Akiko, teaching her Buddhist scriptures and other ancient Chinese books. Its official name was the Rattan Style Department, which was later renamed the Purple Style Department.
In Japan, Zi Shibu is a well-known talented woman who is roughly in the Heian period of Japan, according to Li Qingzhao of Japan. The Japanese said that Li Qingzhao remarried Zhang Ruzhou, and compared with the widowhood of the Purple Style Department, she gained the virtuous and gentle character, and was highly respected by the Japanese. From an early age, Zi Shibu was well versed in music and Buddhist scriptures, especially proficient in ancient Chinese classics, especially in Bai Juyi's poetry.
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The novel "The Tale of Genji", which made Purple Shibu famous in one fell swoop, has a pivotal position in the history of Japanese literature, and it is also known as Japan's "Dream of the Red Chamber". The image of the protagonist Genji and a group of nobles portrayed by The Purple Style Department has also become a specific type of character in the history of Japanese literature. In particular, the reputation of talented, beautiful and noble, typical Japanese beautiful men, and the ideal men of the Heian Dynasty has come flooding the Japanese literary scene. As a result, The Tale of Genji is also a culmination of classical Japanese literature, and it is widely regarded as the world's earliest novel.
The talented Purple Style Department also competed with Li Qingzhao, a talented woman of the Song Dynasty, in terms of poetry. She was influenced by the Continued Acceptance of the Tang Dynasty's cultural style during the Heian Period, which is reflected in the Tale of Genji, and her use of Bai Juyi's poetry and self-composed poems, as well as the characterization and storyline correspondence with the Chronicle of History, are all a profound study and display of Tang Dynasty culture by the Purple Style.
Zi Shibu's talent also shows a high level of chinese characters, which is reflected in her proficiency in calligraphy. In Japan, Zi Shibu is also a very rare kana female calligrapher. It is said that her handwriting is a volume of "Kukaiche". The brushwork of his calligraphy is brightly paced, smooth and free, and the lines are slender, just like the Japanese women wearing kimonos, and the graceful and elegant temperament. The feminine ties in the purple calligraphy can reflect the delicacy and gentleness unique to women. The content of "KukaiChe" is roughly the waka in the "Ancient and Modern Waka Collection", and because of the "cut", it naturally becomes a fragment. Some people may ask, what does "cut" mean?
Purple style department "Kuhai Cut Ancient and Modern Collection" calligraphy
The meaning of "cut" is a special term for the Japanese to call the fragments of ancient celebrity calligraphy and painting. At this point, China rarely uses the concept of fragments for monuments. For long scrolls, rulers, naves, fans, banners, etc., they are generally either lost or all intact. In the history of Japanese kana calligraphy, Shishibu is the only woman to leave her name. So, what does "kana" calligraphy mean?
2,000 yen on the back of the purple part
According to legend, Japanese aristocratic women in the Heian period could not participate in various social activities like men. In ancient Japan, the Kanji Chinese poem was called "male hand", and the Japanese kana was called "female hand". Due to the active participation of heian aristocratic women, kana played a role in fueling kana, which led to this special phenomenon of calligraphy, also known as "female hand", or kana calligraphy. The kana marked by "fake" and "female hand", although it is difficult to compete with kanji for a certain period of time, it is after all a form of expression of Japanese national culture, coupled with the purple style department - such a unique "head" female writer and calligrapher to participate in the "catwalk", it has a more gorgeous and wonderful page.