The manga adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu’s 11th-century classic The Tale of Genji launched in Kodansha’s mimi magazine in 1979, and it continued serialization until the 90s.
The manga will be featured at the New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated” from March 5-June 16.
Ichinohe launched the ongoing manga in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Friend magazine in 2015, and Kodansha will publish the ninth volume on February 13.
The manga ran in Kodansha’s Dessert magazine from December 2013 to July 2016.