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Hikaru Genji was born the second son of Emperor Kiritsubo (桐壺帝) by his lower ranked consort, Kiritsubo no Koi (桐壺更衣). Genji had peerless beauty and genius, even from infancy, and was nicknamed "the Shining Prince". His mother died when he was only three years old.
The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji monogatari, pronounced [ɡeɲdʑi monoɡaꜜtaɾi]), also known as Genji Monogatari, is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman, poet, and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu around the peak of the Heian period, in the early 11th century. The original manuscript no longer exists.
Once Genji's advances intensify and, in the public realm, the faction of the Kokiden Lady comes to power, Fujitsubo's only countermeasure is to take vows and become a nun ("Sakaki"). By this, she hopes on the one hand to permanently put Genji off and eliminate the risk of their affair being discovered and, on the other hand, to reassure Kokiden ...
Prince Genji (Hikaru Genji/ the Shining Genji/ the Shining Prince) – The eponymous hero of the tale, he is the son of an emperor (usually referred to as Kiritsubo Emperor) and of a low-ranking imperial concubine (known to readers as Lady Kiritsubo or Kiritsubo Kōi). Many scholars have tried to decipher the real or fictional model behind the ...
Minamoto no Tōru (源融, 822 – September 21, 895) was a Japanese poet and statesman. He was born the son of Emperor Saga and a member of the Saga Genji clan.He is sometimes mentioned as the model for Hikaru Genji in important Japanese literary classic The Tale of Genji.
Hikaru Genji Hikaru Genji is a royal prince and the second son of Emperor Kiritsubo. Renowned for his beauty and excellence, he was often referred to as the "Shining Prince." Due to his mother’s low rank as a concubine, the Emperor established a branch house for him called Gen. This effectively removed him from the royal family and stripped ...
The protagonist of the classical Japanese novel The Tale of Genji (The Tale of Minamoto clan)—Hikaru Genji, was bestowed the name Minamoto for political reasons by his father the emperor and was delegated to civilian life and a career as an imperial officer.
Close-up on purple-reddish blooms and blue flowers of the Murasaki flower or purple gromwell. Murasaki no Ue's name remains a pseudonym, as due to court manners of the author's time (the Heian period, 794–1185), it was considered unacceptably familiar and vulgar to freely address people by either their personal or family names; within the novel, the character herself, too, is unnamed, as ...