Shōjo Murasaki, Seinen Genji: Sexual Violence and Textual Violence in Yamato Waki’s Fleeting Dreams and Egawa Tatsuya’s Tale of Genji Manga

This paper examines how two manga versions of the Heian classic Tale of Genji, belonging to two different genres and targeting different readership, engage with and interpret the tale’s episodes depicting sexual encounters, which may be read as problematic in the original text.   The shojo version...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Otilia Milutin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2021-04-01
Series:Japanese Language and Literature
Online Access:http://jll.pitt.edu/ojs/JLL/article/view/159