# The sacred tree

Author: Murasaki Shikibu, 978?-; Waley, Arthur, 1889-1966 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67111

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+sacred+tree+Murasaki+Shikibu&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

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 30 NOTE ON THE TEXT 35

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-67111/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-67111/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-67111/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-67111/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-67111/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-67111/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-67111/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Volume III is finished and will appear shortly.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-67111/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-67111/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-67111/chapters/3/index.md)