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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reading the Tale of Genji : sources from the first millennium / edited by Thomas Harper and Haruo Shirane; translations and introdutions by Patrick Caddeau, Lewis Cook, Wiebke Denecke, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Harper, Michael Jamentz, Christina Laffin, James McMullen, Gaye Rowley, Satoko Naito, Haruo Shirane, Tomi Suzuki, and Hitomi Yoshio.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-16658-4 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN 978-0-231-53720-9 (e-book)
1. Murasaki Shikibu, 978?–Genji monogatari. I. Harper, Thomas J., editor. II. Shirane, Haruo, 1951–editor.
PL788.4.G43R37 2015
895.63’14—dc23
A Columbia University Press E-book.
COVER IMAGE:
Tosa Mitsunobu, The Picture Contest (E-awase), Illustration to Chapter 17 of The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, dateable to 1509–1510. (Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia, 1985.3S2.17.A. Photo: Imaging Department © President and Fellows of Harvard College)
COVER DESIGN:
Milenda Nan Ok Lee