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Court figures in a gold-accented album painting illustrating The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji is an early eleventh-century Japanese court narrative attributed to Murasaki Shikibu, combining fiction, poetry, politics, and reflections on time and attachment.

Hiroshige woodblock print of flowering cherry branches

Mono no aware

Mono no aware describes a deep responsiveness to things and human lives, often intensified by transience, separation, and seasonal change.