Chapter (maki) titles in The Tale of Genji, trans. Royall Tyler (2001)
With the
permission of the translator. A resource of the pmjs website.
Romanized
titles represent modern Japanese pronunciation.
Titles in kanji
are given on another page.
Page numbers are to the title page of each chapter.
1 |
Kiritsubo |
The Paulownia Pavilion |
1 |
2 |
Hahakigi |
The Broom Tree |
19 |
3 |
Utsusemi |
The Cicada Shell |
45 |
4 |
Yûgao |
The Twilight Beauty |
53 |
5 |
Wakamurasaki |
Young Murasaki |
81 |
6 |
Suetsumuhana |
The Safflower |
111 |
7 |
Momiji no Ga |
Beneath the Autumn Leaves |
133 |
8 |
Hana no En |
Under the Cherry Blossoms |
153 |
9 |
Aoi |
Heart-to-Heart |
163 |
10 |
Sakaki |
The Greeen Branch |
191 |
11 |
Hanachirusato |
Falling Flowers |
221 |
12 |
Suma |
Suma |
227 |
13 |
Akashi |
Akashi |
255 |
14 |
Miotsukushi |
The Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi |
279 |
15 |
Yomogiu |
A Waste of Weeds |
299 |
16 |
Sekiya |
At the Pass |
313 |
17 |
Eawase |
The Picture Contest |
319 |
18 |
Matsukaze |
Wind in the Pines |
331 |
19 |
Usugumo |
Wisps of Cloud |
345 |
20 |
Asagao |
The Bluebell |
363 |
21 |
Otome |
The Maidens |
377 |
22 |
Tamakazura |
The Tendril Wreath |
405 |
23 |
Hatsune |
The Warbler's First Song |
429 |
24 |
Kochô |
Butterflies |
439 |
25 |
Hotaru |
The Fireflies |
453 |
26 |
Tokonatsu |
The Pink |
465 |
27 |
Kagaribi |
The Cressets |
479 |
28 |
Nowaki |
The Typhoon |
485 |
29 |
Miyuki |
The Imperial Progress |
497 |
30 |
Fujibakama |
Thoroughwort Flowers |
513 |
31 |
Makibashira |
The Handsome Pillar |
523 |
32 |
Umegae |
The Plum Tree Branch |
545 |
33 |
Fujinouraba |
New Wisteria Leaves |
559 |
34 |
Wakana 1 |
Spring Shoots I |
575 |
35 |
Wakana 2 |
Spring Shoots II |
625 |
36 |
Kashiwagi |
The Oak Tree |
673 |
37 |
Yokobue |
The Flute |
695 |
38 |
Suzumushi |
The Bell Cricket |
707 |
39 |
Yûgiri |
Evening Mist |
717 |
40 |
Minori |
The Law |
753 |
41 |
Maboroshi |
The Seer |
765 |
41.5 |
Kumogakure |
Vanished into the Clouds |
781 |
42 |
Niou Miya |
The Perfumed Prince |
783 |
43 |
Kôbai |
Red Plum Blossoms |
793 |
44 |
Takekawa |
Bamboo River |
803 |
45 |
Hashihime |
The Maiden of the Bridge |
827 |
46 |
Shiigamoto |
Beneath the Oak |
847 |
47 |
Agemaki |
Trefoil Knots |
869 |
48 |
Sawarabi |
Bracken Schoots |
915 |
49 |
Yadorigi |
The Ivy |
927 |
50 |
Azumaya |
The Eastern Cottage |
973 |
51 |
Ukifune |
The Drifting Boat |
1007 |
52 |
Kagerô |
The Mayfly |
1045 |
53 |
Tenarai |
Writing Practice |
1075 |
54 |
Yume no ukihashi |
The Floating Bridge of Dreams |
1111 |
Circumflex
used for macron to represent doubled vowel in romanization
of chapter titles
24, 39, 43, 52.