“The Tale of Genji in particular is the highest pinnacle of Japanese literature. Even down to our day there has not been a piece of fiction to compare with it. That such a modern work should have been written in the eleventh century is a miracle, and as a miracle the work is widely known abroad.”

—  Yasunari Kawabata

Japan, the Beautiful and Myself (1969)

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Japanese author, Nobel Prize winner 1899–1972

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