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Explore 2 works from Japan, led by The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu. This hub traces how place, history, and tradition shape the canon.
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Start with The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, ranked #134 in the Canon Compass list.
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#134
Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji: the world's first novel. Love, beauty, and impermanence in Heian Japan, written a thousand years ago.
#494
Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle blends Tokyo suburbia with wartime horror in a surreal quest for a missing wife.