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Reading the Tale of Genji : sources from the first millennium / edited by Thomas Harper and Haruo Shirane ; translations and introductions by Patrick Caddeau, Lewis Cook, Wiebke Denecke, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Harper, Michael Jamentz, Christina Laffin, James McMullen, Gaye Rowley, Satoko Naito, Haruo Shirane, Tomi Suzuki, and Hitomi Yoshio.
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- Language:
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- Subjects (All):
- Murasaki Shikibu, 978?- Genji monogatari.
- Murasaki Shikibu.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Early Discussions of Fiction 11
- The Mother of Michitsuna Kagero Diary 13
- Princess Senshi Earlier Collected Poems of the Great Kama Priestess 14
- Minaraoto no Tamenori Preface to The Illustrated Three Treasures 16
- Sei Shonagon the Pillow Book 17
- Murasaki Shikibu the Tale of Genji 18
- The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu 28
- The Daughter of Sugawara no Takasue Sarashina Diary 32
- Chapter 2 Genji Gossip (Plus a Bit of Good Advice) 39
- A Nameless Notebook 40
- The Lists 65
- Forty-Eight Exemplars from Genji 66
- A Key to Genji 70
- Exemplars from Genji 74
- [Untitled] 80
- The Matches 85
- The Feelings of People in Genji: A Match (Awa no Kuni Bunko text) 86
- Genji: A Contest 92
- The Feelings of People in Genji: A Match (Suzuki manuscript) 101
- The Women in Ise and Genji: A Match in Twelve Rounds 109
- Abutsu
- The Nursemaid's Letter 140
- Chapter 3 Toward Canonization 158
- Fujiwara no Shunzei and Kitamura Kigin Senzaishu 159
- Fujiwara no Shunzei Poetry Contest in Six Hundred Rounds 161
- Lord Shunzei's Memorial in Japanese Script, Submitted in 1200 164
- Sojaku
- Explicating Murasaki 165
- The Juntoku Retired Emperor
- Diary of the juntoku Retired Emperor 168
- Fujiwara no Teika Full Moon Diary 169
- The GoToba Retired Emperor Oral Transmissions of the GoToba Retired Emperor 170
- Fujiwara no Nagatsuna Conversations with the Kydgoku Middle Counselor 170
- Preface to Sino-Japanese Poems on the Tale of the Shining Genji 171
- Chapter 4 Obsequies for Genji 177
- Fujiwara no Tametsune the Mirror of the Present 180
- The Mother of Acting Middle Counselor Lord Saneki Collected Poems of the Mother of Acting Middle Counselor Lord Saneki 185
- Fujiwara no Takanobu Collection of Fujiwara no Takanobu 187
- Fujiwara no Muneie New Imperial Collection of Poetry 187
- Choken A Dedicatory Proclamation for Vie Tale of Genji 188
- Seikaku the Story of Obsequies for Genji 191
- Chapter 5 The Tale of Genji Apocrypha 207
- Motoori Norinaga "Pillowed upon His Arm" 212
- The "Sakurahito" Fragments 221
- The Six "Hidden in Cloud" Chapters 233
- The "Sumori" Fragments 272
- "Dew on the Mountain Path" 282
- Chapter 6 Medieval Commentary 337
- Sogi Notes on the Rainy Night's Discussion 352
- Kaoku Gyokuei 358
- Kaoku's Gleanings 360
- Gyokuei's Collection 364
- Kitamura Kigin The Moonlit Lake Commentary 368
- Chapter 7 Edo-Period Treatises 382
- Kumazawa Banzan Discursive Commentary on Genji 385
- Ando Tameakira Seven Essays on Murasaki Shikibu 392
- Motoori Norinaga the Tale of Genji: A Little Jeweled Comb 411
- Matsudaira Sadanobu from Blossoms to Moonlight 506
- Hagiwara Hiromichi A Critical Appraisal of Genji 509
- Chapter 8 Modern Reception 538
- Suematsu Kencho Introduction to Genji Monogatari: The Most Celebrated of the Classical Japanese Romances 544
- Tsubouchi Shoyo The Essence of the Navel 546
- Sassa Seisetsu Preface to a New Exegesis of the Tale of Genji 550
- Yosano Akiko "Upon Finishing A New Translation of the Tale of Genji" 557
- Afterword to A New Translation of the Tale of Genji 560
- Virginia Woolf "The Tale of Genji: The First Volume of Mr. Arthur Waley's Translation of a Great Japanese Novel by the Lady Murasaki" 564
- Masamune Hakucho "On Reading the Classics" 569
- Tanizaki Jun'ichiro "On Translating the Tale of Genji into Modern Japanese" 575.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
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- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
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- 0231537204
- 9780231537209
- Publisher Number:
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