Genji: The Prince and the Parodies craft and excerpts from oral histories

and excerpts from oral histories with JAM staff and artists conducted especially for this project

his turbulent marriage to the notorious Alma Mahler

And don't forget to tip the bar cart driver

with essays by Ault and Daniel Berrigan

poetic abstraction and the cultural and historical symbolisms of water

Genji: The Prince and the Parodies craft and excerpts from oral historiesLady Murasakis Tale of Genji has delighted readers for more than 1,000 years and inspired writers to create numerous parodies. Artists have responded with a rich parallel tradition illustrating the courtly intrigues, love affairs and shifting alliances of the epic novel, as well as its retellings. This lavishly illustrated volume explores interpretations of the original story and its spinoffs by Japanese master printmakers such as Kunisada, as well as