Kiritsubo Consort
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Character from The Tale of Genji
Fictional character
| Kiritsubo Consort | |
|---|---|
| The Tale of Genji character | |
| In-universe information | |
| Significant other | Emperor Kiritsubo |
| Relatives | Hikaru Genji (son) |
Kiritsubo Consort (桐壺更衣, Kiritsubo no Kōi) is a fictional character in The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari ). She is the mother of Genji.[1] The Emperor favored her over all his other ladies, despite her relatively lower rank. He would stay with her longer than was generally considered "proper" and with the court's concern for propriety it was quite scandalous.[2] The other ladies began to harass her and she began to waste away. She died three years after Genji's birth. After her death, Genji constantly sought to fill the void left by this loss by forming relationships with various women, many of whom resembled his mother.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ Harper, Thomas; Shirane, Haruo (2015年12月01日). Reading The Tale of Genji: Sources from the First Millennium. Columbia University Press. pp. 361–366. ISBN 978-0-231-53720-9.
- ^ Okada, Richard H. (1991年10月18日). Figures of Resistance: Language, Poetry, and Narrating in The Tale of the Genji and Other Mid-Heian Texts. Duke University Press. pp. 186–189. ISBN 978-0-8223-8172-3.
- ^ Schalow, Paul Gordon (2006年12月31日). A Poetics of Courtly Male Friendship in Heian Japan. University of Hawaii Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-8248-3020-5.
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