Tale of Genji, The

noun

1. a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.

Example Sentences

You don’t have to have read all of “The Tale of Genji”—the most recent English translation, by Dennis Washburn, is a thousand three hundred and sixty pages—to enjoy a rich exhibition, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of artwork that the novel has inspired.

From The New Yorker

This city is known to the Japanese for the quality of its green tea and for its connection to “The Tale of Genji,” the 11th-century novel that’s partly set there.

From Washington Post

Much of “The Tale of Genji,” the eleventh-century Japanese masterpiece often called the world’s first novel, is about the art of seduction.

From The New Yorker

In the section devoted to “The Tale of Genji,” the 12th-century novel that is among Japan’s greatest contributions to world literature, for example, modest books and hand scrolls are grouped around a pair of Edo-period screens by the 16th-century master Kano Soshu like small craft around a magnificent ocean liner.

From New York Times