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

with essays by Ault and Daniel Berrigan

she has been increasingly recognized as one of the most innovative and unusual Pop artists of the 1960s

and professor Abbe Schriber

as well as his delightful descriptions and witty commentary

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