The Tale of Genji

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

1.  Kiritsubo                         The Paulownia Pavilion                     3

2.  Hahakigi                          The Broom Tree                                21

3.  Utsusemi                         The Cicada Shell                                47

4.  Yûgao                              The Twilight Beauty                         55

5.  Wakamurasaki                 Young Murasaki                                83

6.  Suetsumuhana                 The Safflower                                    113

7.  Momiji no Ga                  Beneath the Autumn Leaves              135

8.  Hananoen                        Under the Cherry Blossoms              155

9.  Aoi                                  Heart-to-Heart                                   165

10. Sakaki                               The Green Branch                              193

11. Hanachirusato                  Falling Flowers                                  223

12. Suma                                 Suma                                                  229

13. Akashi                              Akashi                                                257

14. Miotsukushi                     The Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi             281

15. Yomogiu                           A Waste of Weeds                             301

16. Sekiya                               At the Pass                                        315

17. Eawase                             The Picture Contest                           321

18. Matsukaze                       Wind in the Pines                               333

19. Usugumo                          Wisps of Cloud                                  347

20. Asagao                              The Bluebell                                       365

21. Otome                              The Maidens                                      379

22. Tamakazura                      The Tendril Wreath                           407

23. Hatsune                            The Warbler’s First Song                   431

24. Kochô                               Butterflies                                          441

25. Hotaru                              The Fireflies                                       455

26. Tokonatsu                        The Pink                                            467

27. Kagaribi                            The Cressets                                      481

28. Nowaki                             The Typhoon                                    487

29. Miyuki                             The Imperial Progress                        499

30. Fujibakama                       Thoroughwort Flowers                      515

31. Makibashira                     The Handsome Pillar                         525                 

32. Umegae                             The Plum Tree Branch                       547

33. Fuji no Uraba                   New Wisteria Leaves                         561

34. Wakana 1                          Spring Shoots I                                  577

35. Wakana 2                          Spring Shoots II                                 627

36. Kashiwagi                         The Oak Tree                                     675

37. Yokobue                           The Flute                                           697

38. Suzumushi                        The Bell Cricket                                 710

39. Yûgiri                                Evening Mist                                     719

40. Minori                              The Law                                             755

41. Maboroshi                        The Seer                                             767

   (Kumogakure                    Vanished into the Clouds)

42. Niou Miya                       The Perfumed Prince                         785

43. Kôbai                                Red Plum Blossoms                           795

44. Takekawa                         Bamboo River                                    805

45. Hashihime                        The Maiden of the Bridge                  829

46. Shii ga Moto                     Beneath the Oak                                849

47. Agemaki                           Trefoil Knots                                     871

48. Sawarabi                           Bracken Shoots                                  917

49. Yadorigi                            The Ivy                                              929

50. Azumaya                          The Eastern Cottage                          975

51. Ukifune                            A Drifting Boat                                  1010

52. Kagerô                              The Mayfly                                       1047

53. Tenarai                             Writing Practice                                 1077

54. Yume no Ukihashi            The Floating Bridge of Dreams          1113