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Google Monogatari

This Google doodle for November 1, 2008 commemorated the thousandth anniversary of The Tale of Genji.

Kikou Yamata by Tsuguharu Foujita

Kikou Yamata (1897-1975) was a French-Japanese novelist and journalist, who produced the first French translation of The Tale of Genji in 1928. This portrait is by Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968), the French-Japanese painter. Source. See her bibliography here.

Murasaki Shikibu by Harunobu

Murasaki Shikibu as Fidelity, by Suzuki Harunobu from the series Five Cardinal Virtues, c. 1767.

Genji Opera

Minoru Miki's opera The Tale of Genji premiered in St Louis in the year 2000. Review.

Yugao by Hiroshige

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Yūki Amami as Genji

Yūki Amami of the Takarazuka Revue played Prince Genji in the 2001 film version, Sennen no Koi: Hikaru Genji Monogatari.

Murasaki Shikibu Ink

Sakaki

Sakaki by Ogata Gekko (1892).

Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu surrounded by the titles and (faintly) genjimon of her 54 chapters. Source.

Genji Screen

The Kyoto National Museum has this refurbished Tale of Genji screen on display starting tomorrow. Source.