The illustrated handscroll Tale of Genji [videorecording] / Title on container: The tale of Genji produced and distributed by Video Champ ; producer, Fukada Tsuneo ; director, Suzuki Tokio - Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1993 - 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Camera, Ohta Fumio ; overall editorial supervision, Akiyama Terukazu ; music, Sugihara Yoko ; English version, Kitamura Mitsufumi, Yano Shinya ; English script, Margaret M. Kanada Camera, Ohta Fumio ; overall editorial supervision, Akiyama Terukazu ; music, Sugihara Yoko ; English version, Kitamura Mitsufumi, Yano Shinya ; English script, Margaret M. Kanada

Commentary, Tokugawa Yoshinobu ; narration, Beth A. Lischeron

Discusses Murasaki Shikibu's novel, relating it to world literature, tracing the plot through the panels of a series of illustrated handscrolls dating to the early 12th century. These fragments of the novel are now held in the Suntory Art Museum and considered national treasures

RM895.00


Japanese literature


Japan--Social life and customs