When I was just a child, my mother died. I lived with my brother and father. I never really knew how much my father favored boys over girls. Or maybe it was just my brother over me. My father thought girls were to look pretty and be refine, nothing else. However, he felt that boys needed a good education to become well rounded. So he hired a tutor. For my brother, and not for me. I felt that I needed an education so I hid in the teaching room and listened. I was not about to pass up the chance at an education, even if my father didn't want it.
Even though I never had a real teacher I think I am better at reading and writing than anyone you'll ever meet. Because I worked so hard I feel that I know how hard life really is.
Comment Posted By= SEISHONAGON456
Please, I had a good education and I am a better writer. Your life isn't that hard. Get over it. We will settle this in the courtyard with a HAIKU BATTLE!
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HERE IS MY LIFE AND MY JOURNAL. THIS BLOG FOLLOWS MY LIFE THROUGH MY WRITING OF THE TALE OF GENJI ALL THE WAY TO DESCRIBING IKEBANA! IT ROCKS
HERE IS MY LIFE AND MY JOURNAL. THIS BLOG FOLLOWS MY LIFE THROUGH MY WRITING OF THE TALE OF GENJI ALL THE WAY TO DESCRIBING IKEBANA! IT ROCKS
PROFILE!!!
- Lady Murasaki Shikibu
- Kyoto, Japan
- I was born in 976, during the Heian period, My name- Murasaki- means "violet." I was born into the Fujiwara Clan. I wrote the first novel in the world, The Tale of Genji. It's kind of weird that I'm a writer because I'm female.Only men would get an education or be writers. But, my Great Grandfather was a poet, and so was my father- It's in my blood, I was married when I was twenty. My husband and I had a daugher in 999. But then tradgedy struck, two years later in 1001, my husband died. Since then I have finished my novel and moved to the palace. I have climbed the social ladder. Many years ago, I was just a high class girl. Now I am a courtier!