{"product_id":"tale-of-genji-shell-matching-usugumo","title":"Tale of Genji illustrated on shells \"薄雲\/Usu-gumo\"","description":"This is a clamshell combination of \"Illustrated Tale of Genji\".\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e These clamshells were designed for shell-matching game, which was popular with court aristocrats during the Heian period of Japan (9th to 12th century).\n\u003cbr\u003e They are also called the \"origin of Uta-Karuta\" (traditional poem cards).\n\u003cbr\u003e In order to express the elegance of the dynastic culture, clamshells are colored with gold color.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e This will make an ideal gift for a wedding, or other joyous events such as seasonal festivals.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible Collapsible--large\"\u003e\n\u003cbutton class=\"Collapsible__Button Heading u-h6\" data-action=\"toggle-collapsible\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e Details\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みのタイトル --\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Collapsible__Plus\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible__Inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible__Content\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みの内容 --\u003e\n\nHand-painted by artisans using Japanese clams with gold color.\n\u003cbr\u003e This product is a only one item.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e This will make an ideal gift for a wedding, or other joyous events such as seasonal festivals.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みの内容ここまで --\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible Collapsible--large\"\u003e\n\u003cbutton class=\"Collapsible__Button Heading u-h6\" data-action=\"toggle-collapsible\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e What is \"Tale of Genji\"?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みのタイトル --\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Collapsible__Plus\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible__Inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible__Content\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みの内容 --\u003e\n\n\nThe \"Tale of Genji\" is a long tale written by Murasaki Shikibu in the mid-Heian period.\n\u003cbr\u003e It is said to have been first published in 1008, and is the only work of the author Murasaki Shikibu in her lifetime.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e The story depicts the aristocratic society of the Heian period (794-1185), including love, glory and downfall, political desires, and power struggles, through the main character Hikaru Genji, and is one of the most representative classical literature in Japan.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Murasaki Shikibu, a lowly aristocrat, married \"Fujiwara-no-Noritaka\" in her late 20s and had a daughter, but her husband died about three years after their marriage, and she began writing stories to forget the reality of her marriage, which is said to be the beginning of \"The Tale of Genji\".\n\u003cbr\u003e Since paper was very precious in those days, she enjoyed writing whenever someone offered her a piece of paper and critiquing each other's work among her friends, etc. Her reputation gradually spread, and Michinaga Fujiwara invited Murasaki Shikibu as a tutor for his daughter, Akiko Nakamiya.\n\u003cbr\u003e Murasaki Shikibu took this opportunity to move up to the court, and while serving the court, she continued to write stories under the support of Fujiwara no Michinaga, and completed \"The Tale of Genji\" consisting of 54 chapters.\n\u003cbr\u003e The Tale of Genji was illustrated as \"The Tale of Genji Picture Scroll\" in the late Heian period (794-1185), about 150 years after its first appearance in the literature.\n\u003cbr\u003e Of the existing picture scrolls, those owned by the Tokugawa Art Museum and the Goto Art Museum are national treasures.\n\u003cbr\u003e The Tale of Genji\" has been translated into more than 20 languages and is now read not only in Japan but also in many other countries around the world.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みの内容ここまで 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