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1. 1. The World Of The Shining Prince

   Court Life in Ancient Japan

   

   A lucid cultural portrait of Heian court life that reconstructs the sensibilities, ceremonies, and social structures of aristocratic Japan; it shows how poetry, diary literature and novels (notably The Tale of Genji) shaped courtly taste, explains ideals such as miyabi and mono no aware, and depicts how personal relations, ceremonial protocol, clothing, music, gardens and the roles of women and courtiers governed power and identity in a world where artistic refinement was itself political currency.