ANCIENT JAPAN
(A.D. 600-1160)
THE GENJI MONOGATARI
OR
NARRATIVE OF GENJI
TRANSLATED BY SUYEMATSU KENCHIO
“Ordinary histories are the mere records of events. They give no insight into the true state of society. This, however, is the very sphere in which romances principally dwell.”
— GENJI MONOGATARI.
“No country could have been happier than was ours at this epoch.”
— SUYEMATSU KENCHIO.
