THE TALE OF GENJI, PART IV—BLUE TROUSERS—Lady Murasaki, translated by Arthur Waley—Houghton Mifflin ($3.50). The Story. Through three volumes of well-bred indiscretions Prince Genji proved himself ...

ORIENTING ARTHUR WALEY: Japonism, Orientalism, and the Creation of Japanese Literature in English, by John Walter de Gruchy. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003, 210 pp., $34.00 (cloth). Arthur ...

A flirtatious fourth-century confession of a young woman’s passion is vivid, sharp and sensual At the time when blossoms Fall from the cherry-tree: On a day when yellow birds Hovered in the branches - ...

The bare scene that greets an old soldier returning from long service is understated but deeply affecting At fifteen I went with the army, At fourscore I came home. On the way I met a man from the ...

ARTHUR WALEY is an English scholar whose studies and translations of Chinese literature established him as one of the foremost Sinologists of our time. His translations of Chinese poetry, so ...

Arthur Waley, left, and Donald Keene are seen at King's College of the University of Cambridge in around 1953. Keene's close relationship with his mentor continued for a long time. (Provided by the ...