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} Contents List of Figures xi Note on Conventions xiii Introduction: Lights Out in Heian 1 Saying Goodbye to Genji 6 Genji and "Late" Heian 13 Overview of the Study 20 1 The Woman's Court: Theory and Practice 23 Introducing the Rear Court 25 Revisiting the Salon 29 Residence and the Rear Court 34 The Rear Court: A Case Study 39 Poetry, Fiction, and the Rear Court 55 2 The Tale of Sagoromo and Midranks Romance 58 The Tale of Sagoromo: A Brief History 60 Asukai's Nurse and the Question of Class 62 Enter the Middle Ranks 67 The Asukai Subplot and The Tale of Genji 79 The Rear Court and the Nurse 85 3 The Tale of Hamamatsu and Family Substitutes 88 The Tale of Hamamatsu: A Brief History 91 Prelude to a Substitute: Chunagon, Taisho no Kimi, and the Third Prince 96 The Mother of All Substitutes: Chunagon and the Chinese Consort 106 Yoshinohime and the Consort's "Niece" 116 Daini's Daughter and the Sarashina Diarist 122 4 Nezame at Night and the Exile Plot 124 Nezame at Night: A (Very) Brief History 128 Genji and the Bamboo Cutter 132 Nezame in Exile 137 Conclusions 149 Postscript: Murasaki's Fan Fiction? 153 Appendix: Plot Summaries 159 The Tale of Sagoromo 159 The Tale of the Hamamatsu Middle Counselor 164 Nezame at Night 168 Reference Matter Notes 175 Works Cited 195 Glossary 207 Index 211
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Japanese literature -- Heian period, 794-1185 -- History and criticism.
Courts and courtiers in literature.
Rokujêao Saiin no Senji, d. 1092. Sagoromo monogatari.
Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, b. 1008. Hamamatsu Chêaunagon monogatari.