A list of the maki (chapter) titles of Genji monogatari in Seidensticker's translation, with page numbers.

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  1. 3 The Paulownia Court
  2. 20 The Broom Tree
  3. 49 The Shell of the Locust
  4. 57 Evening Faces
  5. 84 Lavender
  6. 112 The Safflower
  7. 132 An Autumn Excursion
  8. 150 The Festival of the Cherry Blossoms
  9. 158 Heartvine
  10. 185 The Sacred Tree
  11. 215 The Orange Blossoms
  12. 219 Suma
  13. 247 Akashi
  14. 271 Channel Buoys
  15. 290 The Wormwood Patch
  16. 303 The Gatehouse
  17. 307 A Picture Contest
  18. 318 The Wind in the Pines
  19. 331 A Rack of Cloud
  20. 348 The Morning Glory
  21. 360 The Maiden
  22. 387 The Jeweled Chaplet
  23. 409 The First Warbler
  24. 418 Butterflies
  25. 430 Fireflies
  26. 441 Wild Carnations
  27. 454 Flares
  28. 457 The Typhoon
  29. 467 The Royal Outing
  30. 482 Purple Trousers
  31. 491 The Cypress Pillar
  32. 511 A Branch of Plum
  33. 523 Wisteria Leaves
  34. 537 New Herbs
  35. 587 New Herbs
  36. 636 The Oak Tree
  37. 657 The Flute
  38. 668 The Bell Cricket
  39. 676 Evening Mist
  40. 712 The Rites
  41. 723 The Wizard
  42. 735 His Perfumed Highness
  43. 743 The Rose Plum
  44. 751 Bamboo River
  45. 775 The Lady at the Bridge
  46. 799 Beneath the Oak
  47. 821 Trefoil Knots
  48. 872 Early Ferns
  49. 885 The Ivy
  50. 936 The Eastern Cottage
  51. 972 A Boat upon the Waters
  52. 1012 The Drake Fly
  53. 1043 The Writing Practice
  54. 1081 The Floating Bridge of Dreams