The Tale of Genji: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Norma Field, The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of Genji (1987, reissued 2001); Haruo Shirane, The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of the Tale of Genji (1987).
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| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - The Tale of Genji. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Annenberg Learner - The Tale of Genji. | Nov 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: NOVA Open Publishing - World Literature - The Tale of Genji. | Aug 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - A Guide to Reading the Tale of Genji. | Feb 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Free Thinking - The Tale of Genji, Algorithms. | Oct 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Met - The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated. | Sep 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Association for Asian Studies - The Heart of History: The Tale of Genji. | Mar 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Tale of Genji. | Jan 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "The tale of Genji". | Feb 07, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 11, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Adelaide - "The Tale of Genji". | Jun 08, 2014 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 26, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Other Women's Voices - Murasaki Shikibu. | Oct 26, 2006 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Sep 28, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 28, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Women in World History - Murasaki Shikibu. | Sep 27, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Women in World History - Murasaki Shikibu. | Sep 27, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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