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*''Published: [[1829]]-[[1842]], [[1847]]-?''
*''Japanese'': 偐紫田舎源氏 ''(Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji)''

''Nise murasaki inaka genji'' was a parody of the ''[[Tale of Genji]]'', written by [[Ryutei Tanehiko|Ryûtei Tanehiko]] and illustrated by [[Utagawa Kunisada]]. It was published over the course of more than a decade, in [[1829]] to [[1847]]. In total, 52 volumes of the work were published, covering 38 stories.

The work shifts the Genji from its traditional setting, in the Imperial court of the [[Heian period]], to that of the [[Ashikaga shogunate]], though it was generally recognized at the time to be referring to the contemporary court of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shoguns]]. For this reason, publication of the extremely popular work was cut off by the authorities in [[1842]]. It resumed, however, in [[1847]], with new volumes by a variety of authors and illustrations by Kunisada and [[Utagawa Kunisada II|Kunisada II]].

Two [[kabuki]] adaptations of the story made their stage premiere in [[1851]].

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==References==
*[[Eiko Ikegami]], ''Bonds of Civility'', Cambridge University Press (2005), 321.

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