In An “Ise monogatari” Reader, eleven international scholars present cutting-edge research on this canonical literary work, its history, influence, commenta

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Courtly Visions: The Ise Stories and the Politics of Cultural Appropriation traces—through the visual and literary record—the reception and use of the tenth

The Tale of Genji, written one thousand years ago, is a masterpiece of Japanese literature, is often regarded as the best prose fiction in the language. Read, c

A Stanford University Press classic.