Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Tale of Genji in the Life and Work of Yosano Akiko -- Chapter One -- The Tale of Genji: Women’s Romance, Men’s Classic -- Chapter Two -- Secret Joy: Akiko’s Childhood Reading -- Chapter Three -- The Tale of Genji in the Meiji Period -- Chapter Four -- A Murasaki Shikibu for the Meiji Period -- Chapter Five -- The Shin’yaku Genji monogatari -- Chapter Six -- A Genji of Her Own: Textual Malfeasance in Shin’yaku Genji monogatari -- Chapter Seven -- Akiko’s Last Genjis -- Chapter Eight -- The Tale of Genji: "My Whole Life’s Work" -- Epilogue -- Appendix A -- Akiko’s Publications on the Japanese Classics -- Appendix B -- Selected Translations -- List of Characters -- Bibliography -- Index -- About The Author.