Who Is Hikaru Genji (The Shining Prince) (Hikaru no Kimi)?
The radiant hero of The Tale of Genji
Hikaru Genji
Hikaru Genji is the hero of The Tale of Genji, written by Murasaki Shikibu. He is a beautiful and gifted nobleman, born a son of the Kiritsubo Emperor and later made a commoner with the clan name "Genji." He has love affairs with many women, and the joys and sorrows of those affairs are at the heart of the tale.
In Episode 2, "Sakaki," he travels to the Nonomiya shrine in Sagano to see his lover Lady Rokujō, who has decided to leave for Ise. He slips a branch of sakaki, a sacred tree, under the bamboo blind, they exchange poems, and they talk through the night before parting. In Episode 6, "Aoi," he is torn between his wife, Lady Aoi, and his lover Lady Rokujō, and he witnesses Rokujō's living ghost tormenting Aoi. Aoi gives birth to a son (later called Yūgiri) and then dies, and Genji grieves deeply.
The name "Hikaru no Kimi" (the Shining Lord) is said to be what people in the story called him because of his beauty.
Episodes featuring this character2
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She Chose to End It. Then He Showed Up.The Tale of Genji: The Sacred Tree (Farewell at Nonomiya)
Lady Rokujō has decided to end her love affair herself by leaving for distant Ise. Then, just before she goes, Genji comes to see her. Through a bamboo blind they trade poems and talk until dawn. After that night she doesn't answer his letters begging her to stay, and she leaves the capital without looking back.
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NEWEpisode 6
Every Night, I Dream of Striking a WomanThe Tale of Genji: "Aoi" (Lady Rokujō)
Episode 6 of the series. On festival day, proud Lady Rokujō goes unnoticed by her lover Genji, then is publicly humiliated by his wife's retainers. That summer, one spirit refuses to leave Genji's wife, Lady Aoi, and every time Lady Rokujō sleeps, she has the same dream.
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