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Genji’s father and mother, the Kiritsubo Emperor and his consort, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
1984
Prince Genji (age 3, after the death of his mother), from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
1993
Genji (age 17) with Tō no Chūjō—his brother-in-law, cousin, friend, and rival—during the famous “rainy night scene” at the palace in Chapter 2, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
1983
The wandering spirit of Lady Rokujō, Genji’s neglected lover, attacking his first wife, Lady Aoi, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
ca. 1981
The death of Lady Murasaki, Genji’s beloved, over whom he mourns for an entire year preceding his own death, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
1989
Ukifune’s attempt to drown herself, inspired by the painting Ophelia by John Everett Millais, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
1992
Genji with the young Murasaki, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Fujitsubo and to whom he has developed an overpowering attraction, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
1990
The death of Genji, the empty chapter in Murasaki’s tale, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
1989
Niou whisking Ukifune away by boat from her residence in Uji to a secluded villa, where they can be together in private, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
1992
Genji’s mother, the Kiritsubo Consort, adored by Genji’s father and tormented by her rivals, tragically dies when Genji is only three years old, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi), 1987.
Yamato Waki
1987
Genji mourning the loss of Fujitsubo, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
1984
Lady Murasaki and Genji at Nijō on a snowy night after his overtures to Princess Asagao are finally over, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
ca. 1984
The Third Princess, the youngest daughter of the former Suzaku Emperor, with her pet cat, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
1987
Ukifune after taking the tonsure to become a Buddhist nun (seen behind the curtain) and living in a convent outside the capital in Ono, from the manga series The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn (Genji monogatari: Asaki yumemishi)
Yamato Waki
1993