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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 ...
The Third Princess, a character from The Tale of Genji (ukiyo-e by Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766). The characters of The Tale of Genji do not possess birth names. Instead they are assigned sobriquets derived from poetic exchanges (e.g. Murasaki takes her name from a poem by Genji), from the particular court positions they occupy (in the Tyler translation, characters are often referred to by such ...
Genji's beloved Murasaki dies. In the following chapter, Maboroshi ("Illusion"), Genji contemplates how fleeting life is. The next chapter is titled Kumogakure ("Vanished into the Clouds"), which is left blank, but implies the death of Genji. Chapter 45–54 are known as the "Uji Chapters". These chapters follow Kaoru and his best friend, Niou.
Renako Amaori, who had spent her middle school years as a non-attending student with no friends, is committed to getting the most out of her time in high school. To accomplish this, she approaches the most popular girl in school, Mai Oduka, as soon as the school year begins and is successful in joining her group of friends.
Murasaki no Ue was the daughter of the Imperial Prince Hyobukyo no Miya and the niece of Empress Consort Fujitsubo. Lord Genji first met her when she was 12 years old. Eventually, he married her, and she came to be known as Murasaki no Ue (Lady Murasaki). Aoi no ue Aoi no Ue was the daughter of the Minister of the Left and the first wife of ...
I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend into a Girl (Japanese: 恋する(おとめ)の作り方, Hepburn: Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata, lit. "How to Make a 'Girl' Fall in Love") is an otokonoko romantic comedy manga series by Azusa Banjo, published by Ichijinsha in Comic Pool and in collected tankōbon volumes.
By chapter seven, "Momiji no ga," it becomes obvious that Fujitsubo and Genji are already involved in an illicit love affair (although the author does not describe it, but rather implies the beginning of the relationship), the result of which is the birth of Reizei (the future emperor) whom everyone, except the two lovers, believes to be the ...
Tenkō-saki no Seiso Karen na Bishōjo ga, Mukashi Danshi to Omotte Issho ni Asonda Osananajimi Datta Ken (転校先の清楚可憐な美少女が、昔男子と思って一緒に遊んだ幼馴染だった件, "The Neat and Beautiful Girl at My New School Was My Childhood Friend Whom I Thought Was a Boy and I Played Together With") or Tenbin is a Japanese romantic comedy light novel series ...