![]() He also begins neglecting another lover, the Rokujō Lady. ![]() He begins corresponding with the Lady of the Evening Faces and spends little time with Aoi, which angers her. Later, Genji finds his interest piqued by the poem written on the fan. ![]() One evening Genji passes a house with white flowers on it, which he learns are called "evening faces." An intriguing young girl gives Genji's attendant a scented fan on which to place a flower. This angers the Minister of the Right and Kokiden, though Genji is also unhappy in his marriage. When Genji comes of age, his father arranges for him to marry the Minister of the Left's daughter, Aoi, instead of letting Suzaku marry her. The Emperor, still grieving the Lady of the Paulownia Court, hears of a young woman named Fujitsubo who resembles his dead lover and summons her to court.įujitsubo is almost more perfect than the Paulownia Lady and because of the resemblance, Genji begins to fall in love with her. She complains so much that the Emperor decides to not name Genji a crown prince, making him a commoner instead. This makes Suzaku's mother, Kokiden, very nervous. Genji is magnificent, even more so than his older half-brother Suzaku, the crown prince. This causes the lady to become very ill, though she soon gives birth to a baby boy: Genji. They find her presumptuous and torment her incessantly. ![]() The Emperor's concubines are disgruntled to discover that he favors a woman known as the Lady of the Paulownia Court more than them. ![]()
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