„It did not deserve a glance, and Genji put it down.“

„On the whole, he was not one to forget any woman he had once known.“

Kapitel 5 „Young Murasaki“

„(…) overwhelming her with the youthful grace of his voice.“

Kapitel The Twilight Beauty

„Oh, yes, it must be said that Koremitsu gave Genji a fine account of what he had learnt from spying as ordered through the neighbors‘...

„It upset him to find that his forwardness really did repel her, and he saw how justly she was outraged.“

„‚Just put me behind their standing curtains.'“

„(…) he looked so beautiful that one could have wished him a woman.“

„(…) and considering how quiet he kept his wanton ways, lest in reaching the ears of posterity they earn him unwelcome fame, whoever broadcast his...