Yamato Waki, Genji approaching death, from the series “The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn” (1989) (image courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art) On view in Manhattan through January 20, 2026, Wright’s ...
The first ballet adaptation of the classic Japanese novel The Tale of Genji, the new work from Nao Kusuzaki explores the life of Genji, son of the Emperor Kiritsubo, through four crucial relationships ...
Catalog of an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from March 5-June 16, 2019. "The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated" : March 5-June 16, 2019, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ...
Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese widow on the fringes of nobility, wrote what is considered the world’s first novel, in the eleventh century. It’s an epic of seduction that follows the romantic intrigues ...
THE TALE OF GENJI, PART IV—BLUE TROUSERS—Lady Murasaki, translated by Arthur Waley—Houghton Mifflin ($3.50). The Story. Through three volumes of well-bred indiscretions Prince Genji proved himself ...
He danced gracefully, powdered his face, wrote delicate poetry and wore layer upon layer of color-coordinated robes. He mixed his own scent, which women recognized when he entered a room. Genji, the ...
Rethinking mortality : notes toward an apprehensive method -- Dying to move : calligraphic performance, gestural texture, and textual ethics -- Sickness, illegibility, and the spectacle of lethal ...
Emma Forrester, Aoi Fujiwara, Yumiko Fukuda, and Jindallae Bernard during a rehearsal for Genji, an original ballet by Nao Kusuzaki and commissioned by Asia Society Texas, on Monday, January 30, 2023, ...
An animated film based on the novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop ...
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