The sacred tree

PAGE PREFACE 5 LIST OF MOST IMPORTANT PERSONS 9 GENEALOGICAL TABLES 11 SUMMARY OF VOL. 1 13 INTRODUCTION: FICTION IN JAPAN PREVIOUS TO THE _Tale of Genji_ 15 THE ART OF MURASAKI...

As the time for her daughter’s departure came near, Lady Rokujō fell into utter despair. It had at first been generally supposed that the death of the lady at the Great Hall wou...

The outlook was very black. Not only were his private affairs in a state of grievous entanglement, but also his position at Court was being made every day more difficult. So des...

The intrigue against him was becoming every day more formidable. It was evident that he could not in any case go on living much longer where he was, and by a voluntary withdrawa...

The bad weather continued; day after day nothing but rain, wind and repeated thunderstorms, bringing with them countless troubles and inconveniences. So depressing was the past...

Since the night of his so vivid and disquieting dream, the late Emperor had been constantly in Genji’s thoughts. He longed to succour his father’s soul, weighed down as it was (...

While Genji, like Yukihira of old, ‘dragged his leaky pails’ along the shore of Suma, his absence had been mourned, in varying ways and degrees, by a very large number of person...

It will be remembered that the year after the old Emperor’s death Iyo no Suke[1] was sent as governor to a distant province and that his wife, the lady of the Broom-tree episode...

It will be remembered that after Rokujō’s death Genji decided that her daughter Princess Akikonomu had best come and live with him till the time came for her Presentation at Cou...

The new quarters which Genji had built to the east of his palace were now ready and the lady from the Village of Falling Flowers was duly installed there. The western wing and c...