See<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Tale_of_Genji" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Tale_of_Genji</a><p>For what is is worth,  women played an early role in Japanese literature,  probably because men thought there wasn&#x27;t any status to be had writing fiction.  Funny enough,  many Japanese comic creators such as Rumiko Takahashi and Naoko Takeuchi are women too,  but nobody in the U.S. compares to male creators such as Wolfman,  Lee,  Kirby,  etc.