The tale of Genji / Murasaki Shikibu ; translated with an introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker
Imprint
Tokyo : Tuttle, c1976
Descript
2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm
CONTENT
V. 1 : The paulownia court -- The broom tree -- The shell of the locust -- Evening faces -- Lavender -- The safflower -- An autumn excursion -- The festival of the cherry blossoms -- Heartvine -- The sacred tree -- The orange blossoms -- Suma -- akashi -- Channel buoys -- The wormwood patch -- The gatehouse -- A picture contest -- The wind in the pines -- A rack of cloud -- The morning glory -- The maiden -- The jeweled chaplet -- The first warbler -- Butterflies -- Fireflies -- Wild carnations -- Flares -- The typhoon -- The royal outing -- Purple trousers -- The cypress pillar -- A branch of plum -- V. 2 : Wisteria leaves -- New herbs: Part One -- New herbs: Part two -- The oak tree -- The flute -- The bell cricket -- Evening mist -- The rites -- The wizard -- His perfumed highness -- The rose plum -- Bamboo river -- The lady at the bridge -- Beneath the oak -- Trefoil knots -- Early ferns -- The lvy -- The eastern cottage -- A boat upon the waters -- The drake fly -- At writing practice -- The floating bridge of dreams
SUBJECT
Romances
Japan -- Social life and customs -- To 1600 -- Fiction