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The sacred tree : $b Being the second part of 'The tale of Genji'Murasaki Shikibu

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The sacred tree : $b Being the second part of 'The tale of Genji'

Name: The sacred tree : $b Being the second part of 'The tale of Genji'
Author: Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu

Aristocracy (Social class) -- Japan -- Fiction; Hikaru Genji (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Japan -- Court and courtiers -- Fiction; Japan -- Social life and customs -- To 1600 -- Fiction; Japanese fiction -- To 1600 -- Translations into English; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Princes -- Ja

CHAPTER
        X. THE SACRED TREE                                    39
       XI. THE VILLAGE OF FALLING FLOWERS                     94
      XII. EXILE AT SUMA                                      99
     XIII. AKASHI                                            141
      XIV. THE FLOOD GAUGE                                   188
       XV. THE PALACE IN THE TANGLED WOODS                   225
      XVI. A MEETING AT THE FRONTIER                         252
     XVII. THE PICTURE COMPETITION                           258
    XVIII. THE WIND IN THE PINE-TREES                        282

                   LIST OF MOST IMPORTANT PERSONS

                           (ALPHABETICAL)

  Akashi, Lady of           Daughter of the old recluse of Akashi.

  Akikonomu, Lady           Vestal Virgin at Ise; daughter of Rokujō.

  Aoi, Princess             Genji’s first wife.

  Asagao, Princess          Genji’s first-cousin; courted by him in
                            vain.

  Chūjō                     Short for ‘Tō no Chūjō.’

  Chūjō, Lady               Tō no Chūjō’s daughter by his legitimate
                            wife.

  Chūnagon                  Maid to Oborozuki.

  Emperor, The Old          Genji’s father.

  Fujitsubo                 The Old Emperor’s consort; loved by Genji.

  Genji, Prince             The Old Emperor’s son by a concubine.

  Gosechi, Lady             Dancer at the winter festival; admired by
                            Genji.

  Hyōbukyō, Prince          Fujitsubo’s brother; Murasaki’s father.

  Iyo no Suke               Husband of Utsusemi.

  Jijū                      Maid to Suyetsumu.

  Jōkyōden, Lady            Consort of Suzaku.

  Ki no Kami                Son of Iyo no Suke by his first wife.

  Kōkiden                   Original consort of the Old Emperor;
                            supplanted first by Genji’s mother, then
                            by Fujitsubo.

  Koremitsu                 Retainer to Genji.

  Murasaki                  Genji’s second wife.

  Oborozukiyo, Princess     Younger sister of Kōkiden.

  Ōmyōbu                    Maid to Fujitsubo.

  Reikeiden                 Lady-in-waiting at the Old Emperor’s Court.

  Reikeiden, Princess       Niece of Kōkiden.

  Rokujō, Princess          Widow of the Old Emperor’s brother.

  Ryōzen, Emperor           Son of Genji and Fujitsubo; successor to
                            Suzaku.

  Shōnagon                  Murasaki’s old nurse.

  Sochi no Miya, Prince     Genji’s half-brother.

  Suyetsumu, Lady           Daughter of Prince Hitachi; the red-nosed
    (Suyetsumuhana)         lady.

  Suzaku, Emperor           Genji’s half-brother; successor to the Old
                            Emperor.

  Tō no Chūjō               Brother of Genji’s first wife, Lady Aoi.

  Ukon no Jō (Ukon)         Faithful retainer to Genji; brother of
                            Ki no Kami.

  Utsusemi                  Wife of Iyo no Suke. Courted by Genji.

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The sacred tree : $b Being the second part of 'The tale of Genji'

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