Genji is frustrated by his forbidden love for the Lady Fujitsubo and is on bad terms with his wife (Aoi no Ue). Genji loves her first as a stepmother, but later as a woman, and they fall in love with each other. The Emperor Kiritsubo then hears of a woman (Lady Fujitsubo), formerly a princess of the preceding emperor, who resembles his deceased concubine, and later she becomes one of his wives. Genji's mother dies when he is three years old, and the Emperor cannot forget her. The tale concentrates on Genji's romantic life and describes the customs of the aristocratic society of the time. For political reasons, the emperor removes Genji from the line of succession, demoting him to a commoner by giving him the surname Minamoto, and he pursues a career as an imperial officer. He is the son of an ancient Japanese emperor, known to readers as Emperor Kiritsubo, and a low-ranking, but beloved concubine called Lady Kiritsubo.
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