First published in the 1980s and 90s, Waki Yamato’s renowned adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu’s 11th-century literary masterpiece is still gorgeous to behold and is considered one of the greatest novel-to-manga adaptations of all time. Prince Genji falls in love with his stepmother, and so begins a forbidden love that will make him suffer his whole life. Genji's love story involves him falling for many women and begins with his love for Princess Fujitsubo—his father's wife, and his stepmother. And Genji will cross that line which he should never cross.

His loves are countless, but the love Prince Genji seeks is never there. Genji betrays his father and the result of his affair with with Fujitsubo is the conception of their child. Then, his own wife becomes pregnant. Genji sees this coming child as a saving grace, but when one of his lovers finds out, she brings torment to his wife ...

Prince Genji mourns a lost lover, while unbeknownst to him, his dear wife's heart is in disarray. Having overcome the punishment for his affair, Genji returns to the political sphere. As he spends his time intimately with his beloved wife Murasaki, he thinks back on a woman he loved when he was young, as well as the lover and child he left in Akashi. Meanwhile, the time for his separation with his eternal love comes ever closer...

養女にして亡き恋人の娘。その美しさが、光源氏（ひかるげんじ）の理性を失わせた。亡き恋人の娘を、養女に迎えた光源氏。姫を貴婦人に育て、最良の縁談を調えようとしたのは、親心のはずだった。しかしその美しさに心を奪われ、養父としての一線を越えてしまう……。

"So this is his recompense for having betrayed his father when he was young...the infidelity of his new wife, and her pregnancy. The marriage between Prince Genji and the Third Princess was nothing more than a formality, and knowing nothing of the joy of love, she began an illicit affair with a certain young man. But the price to pay for their affair was too great for this young man and woman… Read this manga to have a good understanding of The Tale of Genji!"

"Genji and Murasaki's eternal farewell… Was his most dearly beloved wife happy, at the end? In his final years, Genji showers his love on Murasaki alone and attempts to make their remaining years fulfilling. But now, his dearest one only wishes to be freed from love life. After a long illness, she leaves the world, and Genji, behind. Read this manga to have a good understanding of The Tale of Genji!"

"The descendants of Genji and the sisters from Uji—in the tangle of feelings between these four, love brings about discord. Kaoru, who was raised as the son of the Shining Prince Genji, meets two beautiful sisters in Uji. He falls for the elder, Oigimi, but she means to sacrifice herself for her sister's happiness, and tries to have Kaoru marry her, instead. But then in secret, Prince Nio goes to visit the younger sister... Read this manga to have a good understanding of The Tale of Genji!"

薫（かおる）に愛されながら匂（におう）の宮（みや）を慕ってしまう。彼は姉の夫なのに。薫と匂の宮を虜（とりこ）にした宇治（うじ）の姉妹には、もうひとりの妹・浮舟（うきふね）がいた。亡き恋人の代わりとして薫に愛される浮舟だったが、一度だけ会った匂の宮との、情熱的なひと時に心をかき乱されていた。彼女の心が激しく揺れる……。“大和源氏”完全版、完結巻！　書き下ろしエッセイ８ページも収録!!