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A WO MA N ’S W EAPO N

DORIS G. BARGEN

A WOMAN’S

WEAPON

SPIRIT POSSESSION IN

T H E TA L E O F G E N J I

U N IV ER S IT Y O F H AWA I ‘I P R ES S

HONOLULU

Printed in the United States of America

02 01 00 99 98 97

5 4 3 2 1

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bargen, Doris G.

A woman’s weapon : spirit possession in the Tale of Genji / Doris

G. Bargen.

cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0–8248–1801–6 (cloth : alk. paper). — ISBN 0–8248–1858–X

(pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Murasaki Shikibu, b. 978? Genji monogatari.

Shikibu, b. 978?—Characters—Women.

literature.

English.

Selections.

II. Title.

96–25663

96–2CIP3

2. Murasaki

3. Spirit possession in

I. Murasaki Shikibu, b. 978? Genji monogatari.

1996

PL788.4.G43B37

895.6’31—dc20

University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free

paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability

of the Council on Library Resources

Book design by Kenneth Miyamoto

For Allen Guttmann