KYOTO--The last half of what is regarded as Japan’s first imported novel has gone on display here ... poetry anthology and ‘Genji Monogatari’ (The Tale of Genji). It was long popular among ...

Jakucho Setouchi, a Buddhist nun and one of Japan's best-known authors known for novels depicting passionate women and her translation of “The Tale of Genji,” a 1,000-year-old classic ...