Thirty-five years ago, a book caught the public's attention. In “Hikaru Genji e” (Dear Hikaru Genji), published by Data House in 1988, Koji Kita, leader of all-male idol group Four Leaves ...

Bringing Genji Monogatari to the screen was never going to be easy. How can you take a 1000 year old book, set in a world that is more outlandish to modern people than any alien civilisation depicted ...

The course examines the Tale of Genji, the 1000-year-old masterpiece of Japanese literature about the commoner son of an emperor whose romantic dalliances, poetic sensibilities, and otherworldly ...

TV movie based on the novel "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu, which tells about the life of Prince Hikaru Genji, who was nicknamed "Shining" by people for his dazzling noble beauty.

Genji Monogatari, a novel written 1,000 years ago and regarded as the apex of Japanese literature, recounts the escapades of Hikaru Genji and the many women in his life, each of whom is depicted ...

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, ...

The first half of the novel depicts the glamorous lifestyle of the nobility, including the protagonist Hikaru Genji, while the second half focuses on the love of his son, General Kaoru.