Considered by many to be the first novel ever written, for ten points, name this work by Lady Murasaki.
One chapter of this work is left blank, supposedly implying the death of the title character, and that character's child Reizei winds up becoming emperor. The protagonist of this work has many love affairs, including with his step-mother (*) Fujitsubo, much to the dismay of his wife Lady Aoi. After Aoi's death, he marries Fujitsubo's niece, whose name is the same as that of this work's author. Considered by many to be the first novel ever written, for ten points, name this work by Lady Murasaki.
One chapter of this work is left blank, supposedly implying the death of the title character, and that character's child Reizei winds up becoming emperor.
The {Tale of Genji}