Suetsumuhana
Also Known As: Her Highness, daughter of the Hitachi Prince
Gender: F
Age: N/a
First Introduced: Chapter 6 “The Safflower”:
Relations: Youngest daughter of the deceased His Highness of Hitachi (an imperial prince), Genji’s lover
Rank / Office / Title: Her Highness, daughter of His Highness of Hitachi, 6, 15; the safflower, 22; Her Highness of Hitachi, 23
Other Relevant Information: The youngest daughter of an imperial prince, Suetsumuhana is of very high rank, but, with no one alive to support her, she and her gentlewomen and servants live in poverty.
Genji Links
- All 795 waka in the Genji, in order of their appearance in the text, divided by chapter
- Information on Kyoto (Modern day)
- Japanese Literature - Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan
- Links to Genji fashions and trends as seen in paintings
- Links to Genji fashions and trends as seen in paintings (2)
- Links to Genji fashions and trends as seen in paintings (3)
- Links to Genji fashions and trends as seen in paintings (4)
- Mp3 files of somebody reading Genji in Japanese
- Murasaki Shikibu: Genji monogatari (1987) - an animated film based on The Tale of Genji
- Narration, Courtesy, and Names by Royall Tyler
- Pictures from a Genji museum in Uji and from an illustrated handscroll of The Tale of Genji
- The Tale of Genji 1976 Seidensticker translation
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