Retelling a Tale in Pictures: A Fusion of the Arts in a Medieval Emaki of the Japanese Court Romance Geni npo monogatori "Tale of Genji"

Authors

Sheena Woods, University of Arkansas

Keywords

Tale of Genji, Japanese literature, painted scrolls, Emaki

Abstract

The Genji no monoga ta ri 源氏の物語, the Tale of Genji, b y the Japanese court lady Murasak i Shi kibu 紫式部 ( c . 9 7 3 – c . 1014), thought to have been completed around the year 1008, is one literary masterpiece of the Heian 平安 period (794–1185) that has been adapted for retelling many times. A little over one hundred years after its conception it had been adapted and lavishly illustrated as an emaki 絵 or “ picture scroll." This paper provides a discussion on the importance of the emaki to the representation of this early text.

Recommended Citation

Woods, Sheena (2014) "Retelling a Tale in Pictures: A Fusion of the Arts in a Medieval Emaki of the Japanese Court Romance Geni npo monogatori "Tale of Genji"," The Ozark Historical Review: Vol. 43, Article 6.

Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/ohr/vol43/iss1/6