These are the great deities Izanagi and

Izanami, who birthed the islands of Japan

and Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess and
goddess of the universe
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The Gengi Monogatari formed a critical part of a noble woman’s
education. Artists lavishly illustrated scrolls depicting the story,
making the story expensive. Because of this, less well-off
noblewomen dreamed about owning a copy.
Screenshot from the film adaptation,
The Pillow Book (1996) directed by
Peter Greenaway
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 The Heike Monogatari was
an epic of the battle betwen
two clans for control of
Japan.

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Above is Tomoe Gozen, a
female samurai legendary
for her skill as a mounted
warrior
and archer, as well as her
beauty.
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 The Edo period was really the rise of popular culture in Japan.
Increased leisure time gave the rising merchant class a chance to
explore things like bathhouses, the theater, and reading.
 The life of the urban pleasure quarters became known as
ukiyo, the "floating life," and themes of this new culture
became an emblematic focus of Tokugawa art and literature
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Decribe the color yellow to a blind person