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53: 184:). By this, she hopes on the one hand to permanently put Genji off and eliminate the risk of their affair being discovered and, on the other hand, to reassure Kokiden that she renounces any secular, political claims to power. After Genji's return from exile, she forms a political alliance with him and turns into a genuine "politically ambitious" figure in the tale. Only on her deathbed (in 247:, in which the protagonist Sagoromo secretly violates a princess who gives birth to a son. In order to save the princess's reputation, the empress presents the child to the emperor as the empress's own. Later, when the emperor tries to abdicate in favour of this prince, an oracle identifies the prince's real father as Sagoromo and requires the emperor to cede him the throne instead. 169:
it becomes obvious that Fujitsubo and Genji are already involved in an illicit love affair (although the author does not describe it, but rather implies the beginning of the relationship), the result of which is the birth of Reizei (the future emperor) whom everyone, except the two lovers, believes
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Elevated to the rank of Empress and having her son named Heir Apparent (Reizei is supposed to succeed Suzaku), Fujitsubo gradually grows more and more troubled by guilt and the fear of having her secret exposed. Once Genji's advances intensify and, in the public realm, the faction of the
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termed as being an "original substitute": she makes her debut as a substitute for Kiritsubo, yet Genji will later look for substitutes for Fujitsubo in women such as Utsusemi, the Third Princess, and especially
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disapproved of the manner in which Genji ultimately becomes honorary retired emperor through his illicit tryst with Fujitsubo, and found the similar plot device in
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ideology of an unbroken divine imperial lineage. This material was restored in Tanizaki's later translations published after the end of
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Tanizaki's first Genji translation: adaptation and survival of a Japanese literary masterpiece in the early Shōwa period
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Fujitsubo's importance in the tale lies beyond her immediate contribution to the plot, in what
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Daughter of a previous emperor and thus imperial princess, Fujitsubo enters the service of
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comes to power, Fujitsubo's only countermeasure is to take vows and become a nun (
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The adulterous affair between Fujitsubo and Genji is paralleled in
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at age 16, mainly because of her resemblance to the deceased
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also found Genji and Fujitsubo's affair problematic.
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Index

Fujitsubo
The Tale of Genji

surimono
Yashima Gakutei
Hikaru Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of Genji
Genji Monogatari
Kiritsubo Emperor
Kiritsubo Consort
Genji
Kokiden Lady
Norma Field
Murasaki no Ue
Sagoromo monogatari
jp
Rokujō no Saiin Senji
jp
Mumyōzōshi
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Yoshio Yamada
State Shinto
World War II


Tyler, Royall
JSTOR
25791298
Tanizaki's first Genji translation: adaptation and survival of a Japanese literary masterpiece in the early Shōwa period

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