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The sacred tree

Murasaki Shikibu, Arthur 1889-1966 [Translator] Waley

Free public-domain ebook (Project Gutenberg #67111)

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Subjects

  • Psychological fiction
  • Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
  • Romance fiction
  • Japan -- Court and courtiers -- Fiction
  • Japanese fiction -- To 1600 -- Translations into English
  • Japan -- Social life and customs -- To 1600 -- Fiction
  • Aristocracy (Social class) -- Japan -- Fiction
  • Princes -- Japan -- Fiction

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