A 17th-century painting shows Murasaki Shikibu writing “The Tale of Genji.”Courtesy Ishiyamadera Ca. The “Game of Thrones” fan base is nothing compared to the one for “The Tale of Genji.” That ...

You don’t have to have read all of “The Tale of Genji”—the most recent English translation, by Dennis Washburn, is a thousand three hundred and sixty pages—to enjoy a rich exhibition, at the ...

Widely recognized as the world's first novel, as well as one of its best, the 11th-century tale of Genji the shining prince has been painstakingly and tenderly translated by Tyler, a retired professor ...

Liza Dalby is the author of several books, including "The Tale of Murasaki: A Novel," "Kimono, Fashioning Culture" and "Geisha." “The Tale of Genji’ is long, and it is never in a hurry,” wrote Royall ...

The word "novel" quite literally means "new." As in a "new story" or a "new way of writing." And while it's true that popular novels as we know them are fairly "new," the modern novel as an art form ...