Japanese Studies Program at the University of Toledo

J. Keith Vincent, professor of Japanese and comparative literature, is bringing new life to one of the world’s oldest novels with the launch of Genjipoems.org—a first-of-its-kind, interactive digital database of nearly 800 poems from The Tale of Genji.

"This project will never be done—and that’s great," Vincent says. “That’s the best part of it.”

Read more: https://www.bu.edu/articles/2025/tale-of-genji-poems-join-digital-age/