1999年５月２８日付け　NewYorkTimesの　
「The Nun's Best Seller: 1,000-Year-Old Love Story」の特集の中で
数行ですが、私（上田英代）の源氏物語に対する考えが載りました。

"'Tale of Genji' is filled with psychological themes," said Hideyo Ueda,the director of the Japan Classic Literature Research Institute in Tokyo.
"It subtly describes the political stage in a different way,from the women's side."