In this chapter, Ryozo Yoneda discusses a theory that dates back far further (about 350 years) than *The Tale of Genji* (the article cited above), which is currently causing a stir online.
I’ve been taking my time, seeking understanding from my fellow readers, but when school education goes that far, serious people just end up being ridiculed, and there’s nothing I can do about it.
The setting of Kyoto is Dazaifu; Katsura Imperial Villa is southeast of Minami-Fukuoka Driving School; Hatsuse and Hase-dera Temple in the “Hidden Country” are south of the Sefuri Mountains—and so on. I already know all of this.
If foreigners were to suddenly learn the truth about *The Tale of Genji*—a work so familiar to Japanese people today—...
It is this blog’s mission to minimize that confusion.
However, will researchers from formerly advanced nations, with all their pride, be willing to readily accept the even greater antiquity of works like *Genji* and *Makura*?