A chance encounter with "The Tale of Genji", a masterpiece of Japanese literature, led Donald Keene to a scholarly life aimed ...

He danced gracefully, powdered his face, wrote delicate poetry and wore layer upon layer of color-coordinated robes. He mixed his own scent, which women recognized when he entered a room. Genji, the ...

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 ...

Genji Monogatari Sennenki: Genji is a Japanese anime adaptation of The Tale of Genji. Originally, it was meant to be an anime adaptation of Waki Yamato's The Tale of Genji manga, but the director ...

On “At the Court of Prince Genji: 1000 Years of Japanese Imagination” at the Musée Guimet, Paris. Now, the book has received a special tribute at the Musée Guimet with the handsome exhibition “At the ...

A scene from chapter 22 (“A Lovely Garland”) of The Tale of Genji: Genji sits near his lover Murasaki, while the women put garments into lacquered boxes. (courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art) A ...

Rethinking mortality : notes toward an apprehensive method -- Dying to move : calligraphic performance, gestural texture, and textual ethics -- Sickness, illegibility, and the spectacle of lethal ...

23.6 x 23.1 cm. (9.3 x 9.1 in.) ...

The task is simple: walk or die.

56.8 x 45.8 cm. (22.4 x 18 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...