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==Characters==
==Characters==
*Hikaru Genji 光源氏
*Akashi Princess 明石の姫君, also known as the Akashi girl 明石女御, the Akashi Empress 明石中宮 - daughter of Genji and Lady Akashi, and mother of Kaoru
*Akikonomu 秋好中宮 - daughter of Lady Rokujô, consort to [[Emperor Reizei]], first cousin to Genji and Asagao
*Asagao 朝顔 - one of Genji's first cousins; daughter of Emperor Kiritsubo's brother
*Bennokimi 弁の君 - someone in service to Kashiwagi, and later, the Uji princesses Oigimi and Nakanokimi
*The Eighth Prince 八の宮 - one of Genji's brothers; father of [[Ukifune]], and of the Uji princesses Oigimi and Nakanokimi
*Emperor Kiritsubo 桐壺帝 - Genji's father; is succeeded by Emperor Suzaku in Chapter 9
*[[Emperor Suzaku]] 朱雀帝 - one of Genji's brothers; takes the throne in Chapter 9 and abdicates in Chapter 14 in favor of Reizei
*[[Emperor Reizei]] 冷泉帝 - believed to be one of Genji's brothers, but actually Genji's son by Fujitsubo. Takes the throne in Chapter 14, and abdicates in Chapter 35.
*Emperor Regnant* 今上帝 - The emperor who rules after Emperor Reizei, from Chapter 35 through Chapter 54, is unnamed. A son of Emperor Suzaku, he marries the Akashi Princess, who thus becomes the Akashi Empress
*Lady Akashi (''Akashi no kata'') 明石の方 - one of Genji's lovers, mother of the Akashi Princess; daughter of a former governor of [[Akashi]]
*Lady Aoi (''Aoi no Ue'') 葵上 - Genji's first wife; sister to Tô no Chûjô, mother of Yûgiri. Killed by the spirit of Lady Rokujô
*Lady of Ômi 近江の君 - a long-lost daughter of Tô no Chûjô
*Lady Rokujô 六条御息所 - one of Genji's lovers; a widow of Genji's uncle. Her spirit kills Lady Aoi
*Kaoru 薫 - the grandson of Tô no Chûjô and son of Kashiwagi by the Akashi Princess, though he goes through life passing for Genji's son.
*Kashiwagi 柏木 - son of Tô no Chûjô, husband of the Second Princess, father of Kaoru
*Kiritsubo, or the Kiritsubo Consort 桐壺（更衣） - Imperial consort to Emperor Kiritsubo; one of Genji's first lovers, Genji is attracted to Kiritsubo in part because of her strong resemblance to his mother. Kiritsubo and Genji have a son who grows up to be the Emperor Reizei
*Kôbai 紅梅 - one of Kashiwagi's brothers
*Kojijû 小侍従 - a woman in service to the Third Princess
*Kokiden 弘徽殿女御 - wife of Emperor Fujitsubo, mother of Emperor Suzaku
*Koremitsu 藤原惟光 - Fujiwara no Koremitsu, a man in service to Genji, and a close confidant, who grew up alongside Genji and had the same wetnurse
*Kumoinokari 雲居の雁 - wife of Yûgiri, daughter of Tô no Chûjô
*Makibashira 真木柱 - wife of Prince Hotaru
*Murasaki 紫上 - daughter of Prince Hyôbu
*Prince Hotaru 蛍兵部卿宮 - brother to Genji, and husband to Makibashira
*Prince Hyôbu 兵部卿宮- brother of Fujitsubo and father of Murasaki
*Prince Niou 匂宮 - son of the Akashi Empress & the emperor who succeeds Reizei
*Princess Omiya 大宮 - Genji's father's sister. Mother to Tô no Chûjô and Lady Aoi.
*The Second Princess 女二宮 - daughter of Emperor Suzaku, wife of Kashiwagi
*The Third Princess 女三宮 - daughter of Emperor Suzaku, wife of Genji, mother of Kaoru
*Rokunokimi 六の君 - daughter of Yûgiri, wife of Prince Niou
*Tamakazura 玉鬘 - daughter of Tô no Chûjô and Yûgao
*Tô no Chûjô 頭中将 - one of Genji's closest friends; son of Princess Omiya, brother of Lady Aoi, father of Kashiwagi, Kôbai, Kumoinokari, Tamakazura, and the Lady Ômi
*The Uji Princesses, Oigimi and Nakanokimi 宇治の大君、中君- daughters of the Eighth Prince, nieces of Genji's
*Ukifune 浮舟 - unrecognized daughter of the Eighth Prince, half-sister to the Uji princesses
*Yûgao 夕顔 - a lady of lower rank, who becomes a lover of Tô no Chûjô; together, they have a daughter, Tamakazura
*Yûgiri 夕霧 - son of Lady Aoi & Genji
==Chapters & Plot==
==Chapters & Plot==