Ise Monogatari

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Ise Monogatari is a classic Japanese uta monogatari (poem tale) that weaves together episodes of courtly romance and travel, traditionally associated with the poet Ariwara no Narihira.

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Surface form Occurrences
Tales of Ise 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf classical Japanese literature
poem tale
uta monogatari
associatedWith Ariwara no Narihira
canonicalStatus major work of Heian literature
compiledBy unknown
contains prose narrative
waka poetry
containsCharacterType Heian courtier
aristocratic women
countryOfOrigin Japan
culturalSignificance foundational text of waka-based narrative
dateOfComposition 10th century
9th century
genre courtly romance
travel literature
uta monogatari
hasSetting Kyoto NERFINISHED
provinces of Japan
hasTitleLanguage Japanese
includesMotif exile and travel
poetic exchanges
secret love affairs
influenced Japanese painting
Noh theatre
The Tale of Genji
later waka poetry
literaryForm prosimetrum
literaryMovement court literature
mainThemes aristocratic life
courtly love
impermanence
travel
narrativePerspective third person
narrativeStructure episodic
numberOfEpisodes 125
originalLanguage Classical Japanese
period Heian period
preservedIn multiple manuscript traditions
protagonistModel Ariwara no Narihira
relatedWork Kokin Wakashū
surface form: Kokin Wakashu

Yamato Monogatari
studiedIn Japanese classical literature curricula
titleTranslation Ise Monogatari self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tales of Ise
usedAsSourceFor classical Japanese commentaries
writingSystem kana
kanji

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Heian period significantWork Ise Monogatari
Ise Monogatari titleTranslation Ise Monogatari self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tales of Ise