Aoi

Aoi

Also Known As: Aoi no Ue, Lady Aoi, the lady at His Excellency’s
Age: 16 -26 (see p. 176b for death)
First introduced: 1, “The Paulownia Pavilion”
Relations: Genji’s first wife, Daughter of Omiya and SadaijinRank / Office / Title: Genji’s first wife, Sadaijin’s daughter 1, 2, 5, 7, 9
Other relevant information: Genji is 12 and Aoi is sixteen when they are married to each other. Aoi’s mother (Omiya) is the full sister of Genji’s father (Kiritsubo no Mikado), and she is thus Genji’s first cousin as well as his wife.