▁the ▁later ▁chap ters ▁of ▁Gen ji ▁and ▁the ▁di ary . ▁According ▁to ▁Gen ji ▁scholar ▁Sh ir ane , ▁the ▁scene ▁in ▁the ▁di ary ▁which ▁describes ▁Ich ijo ' s ▁imperial ▁process ion ▁to ▁Mich in aga ' s ▁m ansion ▁in ▁ 1 0 0 8 ▁corresponds ▁closely ▁to ▁an ▁imperial ▁process ion ▁in ▁" Ch apter ▁ 3 3 ▁( W ister ia ▁Le aves )" ▁of ▁The ▁T ale ▁of ▁Gen ji . ▁Sh ir ane ▁bel ieves ▁the ▁similar ities ▁suggest ▁port ions ▁of ▁Gen ji ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁written ▁during ▁the ▁period ▁Mur as aki ▁was ▁in ▁imperial ▁service ▁and ▁wrote ▁the ▁di ary . ▁ ▁Style ▁and ▁genre ▁ ▁He ian ▁era ▁di aries ▁res emble ▁aut obi ographical ▁mem oir s ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁di ary ▁in ▁the ▁modern ▁sense . ▁The ▁author ▁of ▁a ▁He ian - era ▁di ary ▁( a ▁n ik ki ▁b ung aku ) ▁would ▁decide ▁what ▁to ▁include , ▁expand , ▁or ▁exclude . ▁Time ▁was ▁treated ▁in ▁a ▁similar ▁manner   – ▁a ▁n ik ki ▁might ▁include ▁long ▁entries ▁for ▁a ▁single ▁event ▁while ▁other ▁events ▁were ▁omitted . ▁The ▁n ik ki ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁literature , ▁often ▁not ▁written ▁by ▁the ▁subject , ▁almost ▁always ▁written ▁in ▁third - person , ▁and ▁sometimes ▁included ▁elements ▁of ▁fiction ▁or ▁history . ▁These ▁di aries ▁are ▁a ▁repository ▁of ▁knowledge ▁about ▁the ▁He ian ▁Imperial ▁court , ▁considered ▁highly ▁important ▁in ▁Japanese