Ukifune
Subtitle: Love in the Tale of Genji (Companions to Asian Studies)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: November 1982
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780231045988
Subjects: Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Literary studies: general; Japanese Prose; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Japanese; Asian - General; Addresses, essays, lectures; Murasaki Shikibu; 51; Genji monogatari; Murasaki Shikibu,; Ukifune; b. 978?
Description: Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated as the world's first novel -- and is certainly one of its finest. Genji, the Shining Prince, is the son of an emperor. He is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent epic.