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'''''The Tale of Genji''''' is a classic Japanese novel about a self-centered, womanizing prince in [[History of Japan|Medieval Japan]]. It was  written in the eleventh century AD by [[Lady Murasaki]], who was well acquainted with life in the [[List of Japanese emperors|Japanese Emperor]]'s court during the [[Heian Period]].

'''''The Tale of Genji''''' is a classic Japanese novel about a self-centered, womanizing prince in [[Medieval Japan]]. It was  written in the eleventh century AD by [[Lady Murasaki]], who was well acquainted with life in the [[Japanese Emperor]]'s court during the [[Heian Period]].<ref>"Although fictional, the Tale of Genji is taken to be an accurate representation of aristocratic life in the middle of the Heian period (794-1195). [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~arth17/Genji.html]</ref>

The main character, Genji, was a prince who used his power to seduce women and kidnap girls. He provided each one with their own room and individual garden in a mansion he built especially for his wives and concubines.  

The main character, Genji, was a prodigy/prince who used his beauty and charm to seduce women and kidnap girls. One, named Murasaki, was a ten-year-old whom he made a [[child bride]].<ref>[http://{{e}}zinearticles.com/?Female-Resistance-to-Male-Authority,-Part-One&id=147595 Mary Arnold]</ref>

In his old age he repented his sins and turned to [[Buddhism]] for solace.

In his old age he dies miserably:

*Murasaki dies two or three years later, in her early forties. Genji, then in his early fifties, survives her as a mere shell of his former self. It appears that after the reader sees him for the last time, he leaves the world, retires to a temple, and dies within a year or two.

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