foreign editions
 
 
author’s reflections
 
 
apocrypha -
  the fake chapters
 
what’s real in
    this novel?
 
what’s in a name?
 
 
what is a waka?
 
Life and Culture
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Murasaki’s place
 in Japanese literature
 
her collected poems
 
 
the tale of genji
 
 
murasaki’s REAL diary
 
 
the pillow book
 
 
sources of poems