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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Generate an image of Ise Monogatari (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.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ise Monogatari canonical 6
Tales of Ise 1
Tsurezuregusa 1

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Statements (47)

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 ⓘ
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 Wakashu ⓘ
linked to: Kokin Wakashū

Yamato Monogatari ⓘ
studiedIn Japanese classical literature curricula ⓘ
titleTranslation Tales of Ise ⓘ
linked to: Ise Monogatari
usedAsSourceFor classical Japanese commentaries ⓘ
writingSystem kana ⓘ
kanji ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heian period → significantWork → Ise Monogatari ⓘ
Ise Monogatari → titleTranslation → Tales of Ise ⓘ
linked to: Ise Monogatari
Ariwara no Narihira → associatedWith → Ise Monogatari ⓘ
Yamato Monogatari → similarTo → Ise Monogatari ⓘ
Yamato Monogatari → influencedBy → Ise Monogatari ⓘ
Heian court literature → notableWork → Ise Monogatari ⓘ
Essays in Idleness → originalTitle → Tsurezuregusa ⓘ
linked to: Ise Monogatari
Early Middle Japanese → documentedIn → Ise Monogatari ⓘ