Lynne K. Miyake

Lynne Miyake’s background is in classical Japanese literature, and she works extensively in the narrative prose and diary literature traditions of the 10th through 12th centuries. In particular she deals with issues of narration, gender, and cultural studies and on manga adaptations of The Tale of Genji. Her book, The Tale of Genji through Contemporary Manga: Challenging Gender and Sexuality in Japan, explores manga versions of the tale, focusing on the ways in which they make visual, gender, sexuality, and desire that challenge perceptions of reading and readership, morality and ethics, and what is translatable from one culture to another.

Miyake is a recipient of the Ministry of Education (now the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology), Japan Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships and other grants. She has given numerous presentations on the Genji manga in the US and abroad at academic conferences, universities, museums and community venues. She appears on The Annenberg Educational website “Invitation World Literature: The Tale of Genji” and has hosted symposia on manga that showcased luminaries in the field.