A friend loaned me a book of classics as haiku. Genji is as follows:

Two wives, ten consorts-
under the wisteria,
many warm futons

I think that sums it up :) (Incidentally, Liza Dalby's "The Tale of Murasaki" is actually fascinating and an interesting study of historical Japan)

*g* I did English as my joint degree at university. The things they made us read should have, by rights, made my head explode. Especially since I specifically did a class on Dickens.