The book is often described as the world’s first novel and a touchstone of Japanese literature. But some of its themes, including its take on gender and power, have echoed over centuries. References ...

You don’t have to have read all of “The Tale of Genji”—the most recent English translation, by Dennis Washburn, is a thousand three hundred and sixty pages—to enjoy a rich exhibition, at the ...

Yamato Waki, Genji approaching death, from the series “The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn” (1989) (image courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art) On view in Manhattan through January 20, 2026, Wright’s ...

Idea Factory International has announced that the otome visual novel fan disc Birushana: Winds of Fate is coming to Nintendo ...

Genji begins with a rather plain-looking set of cinema scenes that set up the story. By default, they're voiced in English. I changed them pretty gosh darned quickly over to Japanese, so all I can ...

Michael has been pretty much obsessed with video games since he was a young boy. So he decided that when he's not playing them, why not write about them. Even though Overwatch does not have a ...

I joke a lot about giant enemy crabs and all that, but I'm looking forward to Genji: Days of the Blade the most out of all the PlayStation 3 games. I mean, cinematic adventure games are my thing, man.

Next-generation consoles exist to deliver game experiences the previous generation could never deliver. That's their sole purpose in this life. So when a game comes along offering a strange mix of ...