 is a Japanese (romantic tale).
Authorship and date.
Very little is known about either the date of composition or author of . refers to the work as a , implying it entered circulation not long before that work's compilation in 1200. This means it may date from either the end of the Heian period or the beginning of the Kamakura period.
Reception.
 was highly regarded by thirteenth-century court audiences.
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