• The Tale of Genji: The Arthur Waley Translation of Lady Murasaki's Masterpiece with a new foreword by Dennis Washburn (Tuttle Classics)

    "What Waley did create is literary art of extraordinary beauty that brings to life in English the world Murasaki Shikibu imagined. The beauty of his art has not dimmed, but like the original text itself retains the power to move and enlighten."—Dennis Washburn, from his foreword Centuries before Shakespeare, Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji was already acknowledged as a classic of Japanese literature. Over the past century, this book has gained worldwide acceptance as not only the world's first novel but as one of the greatest works of literature of all time.The hero of the tale, Prince ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 4805310812
    • ASIN: 4805310812
    • ISBN: 4805310812
    • Brand: Murasaki Shikibu
    • Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing

  • The Tale of Genji

    “A fluid, elegant rendition.” ―Washington PostMurasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian period (794–1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji―widely considered the world’s first novel―during the early years of the eleventh century. Expansive, compelling, and sophisticated in its representation of ethical concerns and aesthetic ideals, Murasaki’s tale came to occupy a central place in Japan’s remarkable history of artistic achievement and is now recognized as a masterpiece of world literature.The Tale of Genji is presented here in a flowing new t... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0393353397
    • ASIN: 0393353397
    • ISBN: 0393353397
    • Brand: W W Norton Company
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

  • Genji & Heike: Selections from The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike

    The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike are the two major works of classical Japanese prose. The complete versions of both works are too long to be taught in one term, and this abridgement answers the need for a one-volume edition of both works suitable for use in survey courses in classical Japanese literature or world literature in translation and by the general reader daunted by the complete works. The translator has selected representative portions of the two texts with a view to shaping the abridgments into coherent, aesthetically acceptable wholes.Often called the world's earliest no... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0804722587
    • ASIN: 0804722587
    • ISBN: 0804722587
    • Brand: Brand: Stanford University Press
    • Manufacturer: Stanford University Press

  • The Tale of Genji (Everyman's Library Classics Series)

     In the early eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, wrote what many consider to be the world’s first novel, more than three centuries before Chaucer. The Heian era (794—1185) is recognized as one of the very greatest periods in Japanese literature, and The Tale of Genji is not only the unquestioned prose masterpiece of that period but also the most lively and absorbing account we have of the intricate, exquisite, highly ordered court culture that made such a masterpiece possible. Genji is the favorite son of the emperor but also a man of dangerously passi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0679417389
    • ASIN: 0679417389
    • ISBN: 0679417389
    • Brand: Everyman s Library
    • Manufacturer: Everyman's Library

  • The Tale of Genji (Penguin Classics)

    The first translation of the Japanese masterpiece in a generation introduces modern readers to this brilliant account of courtly life in medieval Japan. 25,000 first printing.

    • ASIN: 0670030201
    • ASIN: 0670030201
    • ISBN: 0670030201
    • Brand: Brand: Viking
    • Manufacturer: Viking

  • The Tale of Genji (Vintage International)


    • ASIN: 0679729534
    • ASIN: 0679729534
    • ISBN: 0679729534
    • Brand: Brand: Vintage
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

  • Japanese Print Furyu genji yuki no nagame. TITLE TRANSLATION: A modern version of the Tale of Genji in snow scenes.

    Japanese Print Furyu genji yuki no nagame. TITLE TRANSLATION: A modern version of the Tale of Genji in snow scenes.

    • ASIN: B011WPEUG6
    • UPC: 619620158741
    • ASIN: B011WPEUG6
    • Brand: Historic Japanese Print
    • Manufacturer: Historic Japanese Print

  • The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan

    Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan. Using The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone. Focusing on the world of the emperor’s court—a world deeply admired by Virginia Woolf, among others—renowned scholar of Japanese history and literature Ivan Morris explores the politics, society, religious life, and superstitions of the period. Offering readers detailed portrayals of the... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0345803906
    • ASIN: 0345803906
    • ISBN: 0345803906
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

  • The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon

    The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthralls with its lively gossip, witty observations, and subtle impressions. Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world Lady Shonagon so eloquently relates. Featuring reflections on royal and religious ceremonies, nature, conversation, poetry, and many other subjects, The Pillow Book is an intimate look at the experiences and outlook o... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0231073372
    • ASIN: 0231073372
    • ISBN: 0231073372
    • Manufacturer: Columbia University Press

  • Chiyo-ni: Woman Haiku Master

    Book by Donegan, Patricia, Ishibashi, Yoshie

    • ASIN: 0804820538
    • ASIN: 0804820538
    • ISBN: 0804820538
    • Brand: Brand: Tuttle Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing

  • Murasaki Shikibu: Her Diary and Poetic Memoirs (Princeton Library of Asian Translations)

    The description for this book, Murasaki Shikibu: Her Diary and Poetic Memoirs, will be forthcoming.

    • ASIN: 0691014167
    • ASIN: 0691014167
    • ISBN: 0691014167
    • Brand: Brand: Princeton Univ Pr
    • Manufacturer: Princeton University Press

  • Japanese Print Furyu genji yuki no nagame. TITLE TRANSLATION: A modern version of the Tale of Genji in snow scenes.

    Japanese Print Furyu genji yuki no nagame. TITLE TRANSLATION: A modern version of the Tale of Genji in snow scenes.

    • ASIN: B011WPERYG
    • UPC: 619620158734
    • ASIN: B011WPERYG
    • Brand: Historic Japanese Print
    • Manufacturer: Historic Japanese Print

  • Japanese Print Furyu genji yuki no nagame. TITLE TRANSLATION: A modern version of the Tale of Genji in snow scenes.

    Japanese Print Furyu genji yuki no nagame. TITLE TRANSLATION: A modern version of the Tale of Genji in snow scenes.

    • ASIN: B011WPEPD4
    • UPC: 619620158727
    • ASIN: B011WPEPD4
    • Brand: Historic Japanese Print
    • Manufacturer: Historic Japanese Print

  • The Tale of Genji : The Authentic First Translation of the World's Earliest Novel

    The most famous work of Japanese literature and the world's first novel--written a thousand years ago and one of the enduring classics of world literature. Written centuries before the time of Shakespeare and even Chaucer,

    • UPC: 874648639
    • Rating: 3.938

  • The Tale of Genji : The Arthur Waley Translation of Lady Murasaki's Masterpiece with a new foreword by Dennis Washburn

    "What Waley did create is literary art of extraordinary beauty that brings to life in English the world Murasaki Shikibu imagined. The beauty of his art has not dimmed, but like the original text itself

    • UPC: 12451756
    • Rating: 3.938

  • Th Tale of Genji : Translation, Canonization, and World Literature

    Michael Emmerich thoroughly revises the conventional narrative of the early modern and modern history of The Tale of

    • UPC: 43911928

  • Noh Drama and the Tale of the Genji : The Art of Allusion in Fifteen Classical Plays

    Noh Drama and "The Tale of the Genji": The Art of Allusion in Fifteen Classical Plays (Princeton Library of Asian

    • UPC: 38313562

  • The Tale of Genji(源氏物語)

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