Kiritsubo no Koi

Kiritsubo no Koi

Also Known As: The Haven, The Kiritsubo Intimate
Gender: F
Age: N/a
First Introduced: Chapter 1 “The Paulownia Pavilion”
Relations: Genji’s Mother, Haven / Intimate of the emperor (Kiritsubo no Mikado), daughter of the “Grand Counselor”--a noble of the third rank
Rank / Office / Title: The Haven, the Kiritsubo Intimate 1
Other Relevant Information: Her father was a noble of the third rank (the “Grand Counselor”) who dies before she enters palace service. She had no influential male relative on her mother’s side, which made things difficult for her when events took place, despite the fact that her mother “saw to it that she should give no less to court events than others whose parents were both alive and enjoyed general esteem” (1).