BOOK REVIEW: THE TALE OF GENJI EXHIBITION AT THE MET Jackie Menzies – TAASA Review June 2020

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The Tale of Genji, A Japanese Classic Illuminated John T.

Carpenter and Melissa McCormick with Monika Bincsik and Kyoko Kinoshita The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2019 RRP: Hardback US$65; 368 pages This lavish publication accompanied an exhibition of the same title held from 5 March to 16 June 2019 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The exhibition comprised over 100 exemplary works of art referencing Japan’s most celebrated work of literature, The Tale of Genji...