ID: 901002568 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002568	Record Type: Literature

	Tale of Genji (Japanese literature)

Note: Considered a masterpiece of Japanese literature written in the early 11th century by an aristocratic woman. The tale recounts the life, love affairs, and political fortunes of Prince Genji and his immediate successors.

Names:

	Tale of Genji (Japanese literature) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Genji monogatari (Japanese literature) (Japanese (transliterated)-P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Prose (novels, etc.)> (P)
		............Tale of Genji (Japanese literature) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Genji
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary characters, Genji (Japanese literary character)) [901002567]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... literary work
	.....(Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... biographical novel
	.....(fiction (general genre), genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Japanese (culture or style)
	.....(East Asian, Asian, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Tale of Genji (Japanese literature)
	................Getty Museum, Tales in Sprinkled Gold: Japanese Lacquer (2009)
	Genji monogatari (Japanese literature)
	................Getty Museum, Tales in Sprinkled Gold: Japanese Lacquer (2009)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Getty Museum, Tales in Sprinkled Gold: Japanese Lacquer (2009)