residential
A Heian palace pavilion of unpainted cypress on the river, its verandas over a garden pond, its bamboo blinds always half lowered. The city's invented women live here: heroines of tales and novels and myths, Dido and Medea whom Christine admitted long ago, Genji's ladies, whoever the Bleed brings in next. They have no stones; they are more than reflections and less than guests, and they are read more than any real woman in the city. Murasaki Shikibu keeps the Pavilion. Whether its residents may ...
Located in Cité des Dames.