By Roberta Smith Not every enduring literary masterpiece inspires a thousand years of often great art. “The Tale of Genji,” written in early-11th-century Japan and possibly the world’s first ...

Beauty, in its various forms, runs through the Metropolitan Museum’s sensual and radiant survey of more than 1,000 years of Genji-inspired art. It’s hard to overstate the influence of this ...

References to Genji in Japanese art are one measure of its resonance over time. Here, a detail of “Murasaki Shikibu Gazing at the Moon,” a scroll by Mitsuoki Tosa held by Ishiyamadera Temple.

Genji’s monochromatic outfit in the artwork can easily pass off as one of his many available Overwatch skins in the game. Many replies on the Overwatch subReddit complimented the artist on their ...

It would be hard to overestimate the cultural signifigance of The Tale of Genji, a work that has resonated throughout art and literature, in all periods, both in Japan and the rest of the world. The ...

And “Genji” ’s subjects are the subjects of ... which seem to most of us somewhere between fine decoration and fine art, feels a little like what Woolf described, a trip to an alternative ...

While Blizzard may not have added any official Star Wars skins to Overwatch, one fan’s concept for a Force-fueled version of Genji makes for quite the sight. The art comes courtesy of Evanyla ...

Following the life and romances of Hikaru Genji, it was written by a woman ... a professor of Japanese art and culture at Harvard University. “Murasaki Shikibu was writing in a mode of ...

The week also featured two talks from acclaimed Harvard scholar Dr. Melissa McCormick, who provided an overview of The Tale of Genji by placing it in context of Japanese culture, global literature, ...

"Tale of Genji Album of Illustrations and Calligraphic Excerpts." Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573), 1509. (Harvard Art Museums/ Arthur M. SackIer Museum/Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia ...