showing samples, Tale of Genji

in the interest of Cultural "literacy" for Japanese language and society, please note this new project of the United Nations. --- GP Witteveen, sjmiAT hotmail.com

U.N. Launches Library of World's Knowledge

A globe-spanning U.N. digital library seeking to display and explain the wealth of all human cultures is in operation on the Internet for students around the world. ...a collection of primary documents and authoritative explanations from the planet's leading libraries.

The site (www.wdl.org)  has put up the Japanese work that is considered the first novel in history,  along with .....In addition to UNESCO and the Library of Congress, 26 other libraries and institutions in 19 countries have contributed to the project.

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