Utsubo Monogatari

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Utsubo Monogatari (うつほ物語; "The Tale of the Hollow Tree") is a late 10th century Japanese story. It is Japan's oldest full-length narrative. Twenty volumes exist that are dominated by two plotlines: about a family of master virtuosos who have learnt the art of playing the koto from celestial beings and acquired it as a hereditary gift from a Buddha and the story of a rich court nobleman named Minamoto no Masayori from the Fujiwara family and his ninth daughter Atemiya, who is the subject of courtship by many nobles, Atemiya becomes the wife of the emperor and her son his successor.

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