The unabridged version of one of the most famous works of Japanese prose, masterfully translated by Edward Seidensticker. This is the story of Genji, a romantic man in the Heian court, as written in the 11th-century by Lady Murasaki, and brought into a colloquial modern language by Seidensticker. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts from a 17th-century Japanese edition.  (JPN73, $29.95)