I did a search for The Tale of Genji yesterday, after spotting a complete translation in a bookshop a few weeks ago. I don't really know if it is a story I will like but I'd quite like to give it a try... after all, it's supposed to be the first novel ever written.
When I search Froogle I usually just type it into Google first and then select the Froogle tab. This caused me to come across The Tale of Genji, which has a fairly complete summary, background information and most importantly a comprehensive set of photographs of the temples and gardens that are used in Genji Monogatari. This is cool not only because they'll certainly be a handy reference to anybody reading the book, but also because even as a set of Japanese temple photographs they are surprisingly complete.
I remember now just how much difficulty I had in putting names to some of my temple photographs a couple of years ago. A handy resource to have.
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