At the turn of the 11th century, a Japanese woman known as Murasaki Shikibu penned what is often deemed the world’s first novel: a 54-chapter sojourn through the romantic and political exploits of a ...

The world’s oldest novel is now a little bit longer after a whole new chapter of the volume was discovered in Japan. The writing, from the 11th Century book “The Tale of Genji,” had been tucked away ...

For years, a long-lost chapter of what is said to be the world’s first known novel has been quietly tucked away in a chest in a Japanese storeroom, hiding alongside other heirlooms of a Japanese ...

Three figures on a wooden veranda. A woman wearing a floral crown peers at a man from behind a large, circular reed blind. She holds a leash attached to a small white dog or cat. A knelling woman is ...