Tale of Genji
Tale of Genji is considered to be the first novel in Japanese. Tale of Genji was written by an aristocratic Japanese woman called Murasaki Shikibu. Murasaki Shikibu wrote Tale of Genji in the eleventh century.
In Tale of Genji, Murasaki Shikibu described the clothing worn by groups of Japanese women as well as fine Japanese textiles found in temples in Japan. Persons in the royal Heian court are described competing in the beauty of layering their sleeve ends, having many silky shades. Sometimes, up to 16 layers would be worn.

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