The Tale of Genji, written a thousand years ago, is debated to be the first novel ever written because of its grand scope and influence. What is most surprising about The Tale of Genji is not the ...

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 ...

Alessandro Poletto, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) "The Tale of Genji," often called Japan's first novel, was written 1,000 years ago. Yet it still ...

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 ...