Another of his books, Secrets of the Ninja, won a 2017 International Manga Award given by the Japanese government. In 2016, his book The Faceless Ghost was nominated for a prestigious Eisner Book Award and received a medal at the Independent Publisher Book Awards. As an author, he has published many manga version of Japanese classics including The Book of Five Rings, Secrets of the Ninja, The 47 Ronin and Cold Mountain (winner of the China Comic and Animation Competition 2015 "Best Overseas Comic" award). He is the author of over 30 books, the editor of the critically acclaimed collection AX:alternative manga (Publishers Weekly's "Best ten books of 2010" and nominated for a Harvey award). Sean Michael Wilson is an award-winning writer from Scotland, who currently lives in Japan. Superbly illustrated and retold, this visual take on Japan's most important classic offers an intimate look at the social mores and intrigues in the Heian-era court of medieval Japan, and Prince Genji's representation as the ideal male courtier. It is acknowledged to be the world's very first novel, and English-speaking readers can now experience the story in manga style for the first time. Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote this story some 500 years before Shakespeare put pen to paper. Though wary of his motivations at first, she becomes the true love of Genji's life. His romantic life with Murasaki, Fujitsubo's beautiful niece and Genji's favored lover. His lifelong obsession with Fujitsubo, one of the emperor's lovers and mother to Genji's son Ryozen. In this beautifully illustrated edition, Genji's story comes alive as readers experience: His birth in the royal court to Kiritsubo, who comes to represent Genji's ideal of female beauty and grace. His story is the oldest and most famous tale of romance in the annals of Japanese literature and, as a representation of passion and romance, remains beyond compare. Handsome, romantic, and talented in the art of seduction, Prince Genji skillfully navigates the court and all its intrigues-always in search of love and often finding it. Tale of Genji, the world's oldest known novel, tells the story of Prince Genji and his adventures in life, love, and power within the halls of the Chrysanthemum Royal Court.
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