Bibliography

On books as objects

Ikegami, Kōsanjin. Japanese Bookbinding: Instructions from a Master Craftsman. Weatherhill, 1986.

Sasaki, Takahiro, and Wataru Ichinohe. Japanese Culture through Rare Books [MOOC]. FutureLearn, 2016. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/japanese-rare-books-culture

On book culture

Kornicki, P. F. The Book in Japan. Leiden: Brill, 1998.

Rowley, G. G. "The Tale of Genji: Required Reading for Aristocratic Women." In The Female as Subject, edited by P. F. Kornicki, Mara Matessio, and G. G. Rowley. Michigan: University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, 2010.

Mitamura, Masako. "The Samurai and Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji). Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 88, no. 1/4 (2014), 56-69.

Primary sources

Murasaki Shikibu. Diary of Lady Murasaki. Translated by Richard Bowring. London: Penguin Classics, 1996. (Original work published ca. 1000 CE)

Sei Shōnagon. The Pillow Book. Translated by Meredith McKinney. London: Penguin Classics, 2006. (Original work published ca. 1000 CE)

Takasue's daughter. Sarashina Diary. Translated by Annie Shepley Omori and Kochi Doi. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. (Original work published ca. 1050 CE)

In Japanese

Okajima, Ikuko. Bishū-ke Kawachi-bon Genji Monogatari [The House of Bishū Kawachi-bon Tale of Genji] (Vol. 1). Tokyo: Yagi Shoten, 2010.

Morigami, Osamu. "Heian Jidai no Tenseki no Sōtei [The Design of Heian Era Books]". Kazamigusa 22 (2010), 23-27.

McCormick, Melissa. "Genji no Aida wo Nozoku: Hakubyō Genji Monogatari Emaki to Nyōbō no Shiza [Peeking into the Genji Room: Hakubyō Genji Monogatari Emaki and the Court Woman’s Perspective]." In Genji Monogatari wo Ima Yomihodoku: Egakareta Genji Monogatari [Deciphering Genji Monogatari in the Present: The Illustrated Genji Monogatari], edited by Masako Mitamura and Fusae Kawazoe, 102-129. Tokyo: Kanrin Publishing, 2006.

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