[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1 Introduction: The oldest full-length classical novel created by Murasaki Shikibu in the middle of the Heian period (794-1185), translated vividly and boldly into modern Japanese by Yosano Akiko. The first of 54 chapters, "Kiritsubo. Kiritsubo's maid, the favorite of the emperor, is jealous of the ladies and dies of illness, leaving behind a young prince (the prince of Minamoto). To ease his grief, the emperor allowed a copy of Kiritsubo to enter th...
