It is well known that during the Heian period high ranking court ladies, called nyobo (court ladies), created an excellent form of court literature (for example, "Genji Monogatari" [The Tale of Genji]). |
平安時代には女房と呼ばれる高級女官が優れた宮廷文学(『源氏物語』もその一つ)を生み出した事はよく知られている。 |