It was made in ' concertina' or orihon style: several sheets of paper pasted together and folded alternately in one direction then the other. The original manuscript, created around the peak of the Heian period, no longer exists.
The Tale of Genji ( 源氏物語, Genji monogatari, pronounced ), also known as Genji Monogatari is a classic work of Japanese literature written in the early 11th century by the noblewoman, poet, and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu.
