Hi,
i have a 2000-Yen-banknote (
File:2000 Yen Murasaki Shikibu.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) - and that is really beautiful. It is perhaps the only one with a part of classical titterature on it.
according to wikipedia it is the Genji Monogatari (源氏物語 The Tale of Prince Genji). i have found some URL with online texts and images as well.
http://www.gotoh-museum.or.jp/collection/genji.html (obviousely the source of the image on the banknote, viz.
Datei:Genji emaki 01003 001.jpg – Wikipedia)
Genji Monogatari
GENJI-MONOGATARI
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... but, i cannot find the part of the text as shown on the bank note and under
http://www.gotoh-museum.or.jp/collection/genji.html +
Datei:Genji emaki 01003 001.jpg – Wikipedia.
Can anybody tell me which part of the tale is shown on the banknote. May be the given links are usefull for you. Or is there another source in the WWW?
Many thanks!
Mulan