Always wanted to read Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu? Well, now is your
chance. The Japanese history reading group will be reading Genji Monogatari
in June.
As most of you know, this is THE classic novel of Japan, roughly equivalent
in importance in Japan as Shakespeares's Hamlet and Homer's Iliad and
Odyssey are in Western literature. We have a proposed reading schedule, as
shown below. Anyone can join us. Please see the following website of the
Japan history reading group, for more information.
www.nihonshi.org/
For more info on the novel or about the author, Murasaki Shikibu, wikipedia
has the following.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murasaki_Shikibu
Or send me an email, offlist, for any questions or comments.
Regards,
Mike
Chapter
Title
start
end
total pages
Date
Total
1
the paulownia court
3
19
17
1-Jun
0
2
Broom tree
20
48
29
46
3
shell of the locust
49
56
8
2-Jun
0
4
evening faces
57
83
27
35
5
lavender
84
111
28
3-Jun
0
6
safflower
112
131
20
48
7
autumn excursion
132
149
18
4-Jun
0
8
festival of the cherry blossoms
150
157
8
26
9
heartvine
158
184
27
5-Jun
0
10
sacred tree
185
214
30
57
11
orange blossoms
215
218
4
6-Jun
0
12
suma
219
246
28
32
13
akashi
247
270
24
7-Jun
0
14
channel buoys
271
289
19
43
15
wormwood patch
290
302
13
8-Jun
0
16
gatehouse
303
306
4
17
17
picture contest
307
317
11
9-Jun
0
18
wind in the pines
318
330
13
24
19
rack of cloud
331
347
17
10-Jun
0
20
morning glory
348
359
12
29
21
maiden
360
386
27
11-Jun
0
22
jeweled chaplet
387
408
22
49
23
first warbler
409
417
9
12-Jun
0
24
butterflies
418
429
12
21
25
fireflies
430
440
11
13-Jun
0
26
wild carnations
441
453
13
24
27
flares
454
456
3
14-Jun
0
28
typhoon
457
466
10
13
29
royal outing
467
481
15
15-Jun
0
30
purple trousers
482
490
9
24
31
cypress pillar
491
510
20
16-Jun
0
32
branch of plum
511
522
12
32
33
wisteria leaves
523
536
14
17-Jun
0
34
new herbs: part one
537
586
50
64
35
new herbs: part two
587
635
49
18-Jun
0
36
oak tree
636
656
21
70
37
flute
657
667
11
19-Jun
0
38
bell cricket
668
675
8
19
39
evening mist
676
711
36
20-Jun
0
40
rites
712
722
11
47
41
wizard
723
734
12
21-Jun
0
42
his perfumed highness
735
742
8
20
43
rose plum
743
750
8
22-Jun
0
44
bamboo river
751
774
24
32
45
lady at the bridge
775
798
24
23-Jun
0
46
beneath the oak
799
820
22
46
47
trefoil knots
821
871
51
24-Jun
0
48
early ferns
872
884
13
64
49
ivy
885
935
51
25-Jun
0
50
eastern cottage
936
971
36
87
51
boat upon the waters
972
1011
40
26-Jun
0
52
drake fly
1012
1042
31
71
53
writing practice
1043
1080
38
27-Jun
0
54
floating bridge of dreams
1081
1090
10
48
Total pages
1088
1088
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