Women in the Ancient and Medieval Japan

Resources on Lady Murasaki and the Tale of Genji:

The Tale of Genji home page set of resources created by students

The Costume Museum's The Tale of Genji

Scrolls from the Tale of Genji at Dartmouth

Dolls in the Tale of Genji

Libretto for Minoru Miki's opera based on The Tale of Genji

Bibliography of books and articles related to Genji

The Tale of Murasaki this site has many resources relevant to the Tale of Genji

Murasaki@The Tale of Genji site

The Tale of Genji Pavilion

List of Characters in the Tale of Genji

The World of the Tale of Genji

Tale of Genji Page from Columbia University's Asian Topics an excellent resource containing audio, video, and text materials

Set of Links for the study of the Tale of Genji, created by a student in an upper level course at Cornell University

Woodcuts from the Tokugawa era illustrating the Tale of Genji

Discussion of the Tale of Genji

Twelve Scenes from the Tale of Genji at the St. Louis Art Museum

Tale of Genji Images

Other Resources

The Japanese creation myth

Women Writers of Japan a wealth of links. See especially Diaries of the Court Ladies of Old Japan,

Writings of Abutsu/Abutsu-ni /Ankamon'in no Shijo a thirteenth-century attendant at the Imperial Court