Considered by many to be the world's first novel, The Tale of Genji (源氏物語), was written by noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu in the 11th century. Our library collections on this canonical work are extensive and diverse. Inspired by the course "Japanese Literature Classical Period" (Japanese 5454) taught by Dr. Naomi Fukumori, this Library Guide introduces collection highlights, including rare facsimiles in Special Collections; translations into modern Japanese, regional dialects, and English; literary and art history scholarship; exhibition catalogs; and Japanese comics (manga) and other popular interpretations!
The Tale of Genji - Illustrated Handscrolls (国宝 源氏物語絵卷). ND1059.6.G4 K65 2021
The Tale of Genji - Illustrated Handscrolls (国宝 源氏物語絵卷). ND1059.6.G4 K65 2021
Tale of Genji. Translation in modern Japanese, published originally in the 1930s, by novelist Tanizaki Jun'ichiro. PL788.4.G4 1969
Tale of Genji. Translation in modern Japanese, published originally in the 1930s, by novelist Tanizaki Jun'ichiro. PL788.4.G4 1969
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Danshoku Hikaru Genji : shitto ni modaeru toshiue no otoko by 
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Envisioning the Tale of Genji: media, gender, and cultural production by 
H. Richard Okada offers new readings of three well-known tales: The Tale of the Bamboo-cutter, The Tale of Ise, and The Tale of Genji. Okada contends that the cultural and gendered significance of these works has been distorted by previous commentaries and translations belonging to the larger patriarchal and colonialist discourse of Western civilization.
The Bridge of Dreams is a brilliant reading of The Tale of Genji that succeeds both as a sophisticated work of literary criticism and as an introduction this world masterpiece.
Unreal Houses radically rethinks the Genji by focusing on the figure of the house. Edith Sarra examines the narrative's fictionalized images of aristocratic mansions and its representation of the people who inhabit them, exploring how key characters in the Genji think about houses in both the architectural and genealogical sense of the word.
Norma Field explores the shifting configurations of the Tale, showing how the hero Genji is made and unmade by a series of heroines.
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