In his study Seeds in the Heart, Donald Keene suggests that a chapter of this work was ordered destroyed since it told its readers to "flee the world.
In his study Seeds in the Heart, Donald Keene suggests that a chapter of this work was ordered destroyed since it told its readers to "flee the world." A poem called "Song of Unending Sorrow" is referred to repeatedly by this book, whose chapter "The Mayfly" describes the third daughter of the Eighth Prince becoming a nun after she decides not to throw herself into a river. This book's protagonist is caught sleeping with "The Lady of the Misty Moon" while in the house of the (*) Minister to the Left, and that protagonist is implied to have died during a blank chapter called "Vanished into the Clouds." This novel's title character is called "Shining" and is unfaithful to his wife Lady Aoi. For 10 points, name this novel about Heian court life by Lady Murasaki.
In his study Seeds in the Heart, Donald Keene suggests that a chapter of this work was ordered destroyed since it told its readers to "flee the world.
The Tale of Genji [or Genji Monogatari]