If you're looking for a book to read, The Tale of Genji is one worth reaching for, even if you've read it before, and even if you've read it more than once. But why is this novel so important, and how ...

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An exhibition explores The Tale of Genji’s continuing influence on Japanese art Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese, 1617–1691. Murasaki Shikibu Composing The Tale of Genji (detail). Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) ...

Dennis Washburn's new translation of "The Tale of Genji" brings the total number of English options to four and a half, but the novel remains as daunting as ever. How do you approach a 1,000-page ...

Recognized as the world's first novel, Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji" is a spiraling epic that encompasses a beautifully complex portrayal of 11th-century Japanese Imperial Court life. The ...

The cosplay in question goes by Tasha Cosplay and she is known for her incredible takes on anime and gaming characters. Though the armor is distinctly Genji, the face markers and posing gives a slight ...

Rare works from Japan will be on display at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for their exhibition on 'The Tale of Genji'. The book was written and shared around court chapter by chapter ...

IT CONTAINS no military adventures nor epic journeys. Yet “The Tale of Genji” is in every way Japan's equivalent of Homer's “Iliad”. First mentioned in a diary exactly 1,000 years ago, in late 1008, ...

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