The tale of Genji
| ISBN: | 9784805310816, 4805310812 |
| OCLC Number: | 435629091 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| Author: | Murasaki Shikibu |
| Translator: | Arthur Waley |
| Language: | en |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1933; Literary Guild, 1935; Doubleday, 1955; Modern Library, 1960; Dover, 2000; Tuttle, 2010 |
| Publication Place: | New York, Boston; New York; New York; New York; New York; Rutland, VT |
| English Publication Date: | 1921-1933 |
| Notes: | Japanese title: Genji monogatari. |
| Abstract: | Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated as the world's first novel. Genji, the Shining Prince, is the son of an emperor. He is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent epic. |
| Subjects: | Japan, Intellectual life, Fiction Japan, Social life and customs, to 1600, Fiction Murasaki Shikibu, Translations into English Prince Genji, Fiction Princes, Fiction |