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Genji
Il Principe Splendente
[Italian Text]
Edited By G.C. Calza
January 2009
Mondadori Electa, Milan, Italy
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9788837065454
80 Pages, 25 Color Plates
$29.50 Paper Original
A
thousand years after it was first penned Genji monogatari (The Story of Genji)
still retains its revolutionary impact which led it to be considered the
first psychological novel in universal literature. Written in Kyoto by a
lady of the imperial court, its influence on later works is incalculable.
The majority of paintings realised by the imperial court for eight or nine
centuries was based on images from Genji and a group of horizontal rolls,
illustrated with text and pictures, which were produced about a hundred years
after it was written. This book analyzes its impact and publishes 19 sheets
of 12th-century Genji illustrations, with some wonderful calligraphy.
