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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 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.
Genji was unable to become the crown prince due to the lack of support from the court, but was allowed to live in the inner court. He is then married to the daughter of the Minister of the Left, Aoi no Ue, who does not open up to Genji so easily. Genji then has an affair with Lady Rokujo and Yugao. Lady Rokujo was still mourning the loss of her ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lady Rokujō (六条御息所, Rokujō no Miyasundokoro) is a fictional character in The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari).She is a mistress of the novel's protagonist, Hikaru Genji, with whom she becomes infatuated and jealous of his other lovers.
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 ...