Chapter (maki) titles in The Tale of Genji, trans. Royall Tyler (2001)

With the permission of the translator.

Romanized titles represent modern Japanese pronunciation. Macrons unmarked.*
Page numbers are to the title page of each chapter. A resource of the pmjs website.

1

桐壷

Kiritsubo

The Paulownia Pavilion

1

2

帚木

Hahakigi

The Broom Tree

19

3

空蝉

Utsusemi

The Cicada Shell

45

4

夕顔

Yugao*

The Twilight Beauty

53

5

若紫

Wakamurasaki

Young Murasaki

81

6

末摘花

Suetsumuhana

The Safflower

111

7

紅葉賀

Momiji no Ga

Beneath the Autumn Leaves

133

8

花宴

Hana no En

Under the Cherry Blossoms

153

9

Aoi

Heart-to-Heart

163

10

賢木

Sakaki

The Greeen Branch

191

11

花散里

Hanachirusato

Falling Flowers

221

12

須磨

Suma

Suma

227

13

明石

Akashi

Akashi

255

14

澪標

Miotsukushi

The Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi

279

15

蓬生

Yomogiu

A Waste of Weeds

299

16

関屋

Sekiya

At the Pass

313

17

絵合

Eawase

The Picture Contest

319

18

松風

Matsukaze

Wind in the Pines

331

19

薄雲

Usugumo

Wisps of Cloud

345

20

朝顔

Asagao

The Bluebell

363

21

乙女

Otome

The Maidens

377

22

玉鬘

Tamakazura

The Tendril Wreath

405

23

初音

Hatsune

The Warbler's First Song

429

24

胡蝶

Kocho*

Butterflies

439

25

Hotaru

The Fireflies

453

26

常夏

Tokonatsu

The Pink

465

27

篝火

Kagaribi

The Cressets

479

28

野分

Nowaki

The Typhoon

485

29

行幸

Miyuki

The Imperial Progress

497

30

藤袴

Fujibakama

Thoroughwort Flowers

513

31

真木柱

Makibashira

The Handsome Pillar

523

32

梅枝

Umegae

The Plum Tree Branch

545

33

藤裏葉

Fujinouraba

New Wisteria Leaves

559

34

若菜上

Wakana  1

Spring Shoots I

575

35

若菜下

Wakana 2

Spring Shoots II

625

36

柏木

Kashiwagi

The Oak Tree

673

37

横笛

Yokobue

The Flute

695

38

鈴虫

Suzumushi

The Bell Cricket

707

39

夕霧

Yugiri*

Evening Mist

717

40

御法

Minori

The Law

753

41

Maboroshi

The Seer

765

41.5

雲隠

Kumogakure

Vanished into the Clouds

781

42

匂宮

Niou Miya

The Perfumed Prince

783

43

紅梅

Kobai*

Red Plum Blossoms

793

44

竹河

Takekawa

Bamboo River

803

45

橋姫

Hashihime

The Maiden of the Bridge

827

46

椎本

Shiigamoto

Beneath the Oak

847

47

総角

Agemaki

Trefoil Knots

869

48

早蕨

Sawarabi

Bracken Schoots

915

49

宿木

Yadorigi

The Ivy

927

50

東屋

Azumaya

The Eastern Cottage

973

51

浮舟

Ukifune

The Drifting Boat

1007

52

蜻蛉

Kagero*

The Mayfly

1045

53

手習

Tenarai

Writing Practice

1075

54

夢浮橋

Yume no ukihashi

The Floating Bridge of Dreams

1111

 

*Macrons omitted in the romanization of chapters 4, 24, 39, 43, 52.

Yuugao, Kochou (Kochoo), Koubai (Koobai), Yuugiri, Kagerou (Kageroo)

(Some specialists prefer to represent the doubled o as -ou-, some as -oo-.)

Conventionally the Japanese doubled vowel is represented by the circumflex (^) when the macron (line above vowel) cannot be used, but troubles are caused when any diacritical accents and kanji are mixed in web pages. For a version without kanji titles but with vowels marked, see this version.