Features & Benefits
- World's first novel written by Murasaki Shikibu.
- Life in the eleventh century Japanese court depicted through vibrant storytelling.
- Features the passionate Genji, whose troubles reflect political consequences.
- Abridged edition offers accessible insight into this classic work.
- Translated by esteemed Edward G. Seidensticker, enhancing its English readership.
- Illustrated with beautiful woodcuts from a seventeenth-century edition.