It is common to divide the tale into three parts, and this article follows that custom, but the division is not made explicit in the original version of the story written by Lady Murasaki.
IT is coMMon to diVidE tHe taLE iNto ThREE parTS anD tHis ARticLe folLOws tHaT custOm But ThE dIvision is nOT MaDE ExplicIT in the origInaL veRSIOn oF the StorY WriTten bY laDy mUrasakI