Talk:Murasaki Shikibu/@comment-25712820-20190206015214/@comment-4802891-20190206022331

It's a section from the 9th chapter "Aoi" (translated as "Heartvine" sometimes) of the Tale of Genji, the so-called "world's first novel", written in the early 1000s by, well, Murasaki Shikibu of course.

It's a story about the life of a guy, his love affairs and such. It also has historical values as its writing style is heavily impacted by the manners at the time (not addressing characters by name, using metaphors etc.)