Yūgao

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Genji’s lover court lady fictional character literary character

Yūgao is a fragile, lower-ranking court lady and one of Hikaru Genji’s most tragic early lovers in The Tale of Genji, whose mysterious death deeply affects him.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yugao	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Genji’s lover ⓘ court lady ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
appearsIn	The Tale of Genji NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInChapter	“Yūgao” chapter of The Tale of Genji NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Heian court NERFINISHED ⓘ Hikaru Genji NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	supernatural or spiritual influence (ambiguous in text) ⓘ
characterTrait	fragile ⓘ gentle ⓘ modest ⓘ
createdBy	Murasaki Shikibu NERFINISHED ⓘ
death	dies mysteriously ⓘ
deathEffectOn	Hikaru Genji NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
influences	Genji’s later relationships ⓘ
languageOfWork	Classical Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Heian period literature ⓘ
nameMeaning	moonflower ⓘ
narrativeFunction	illustrates fragility of life and love ⓘ intensifies Genji’s sense of loss ⓘ
nationality	Japanese ⓘ
relationshipToGenji	secret lover ⓘ
roleInWork	early lover of Hikaru Genji ⓘ tragic heroine ⓘ
socialStatus	lower-ranking court lady ⓘ
symbolism	ephemeral beauty ⓘ transience of human life ⓘ vulnerability of women in Heian court ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hikaru Genji → fictionalLover → Yūgao ⓘ

Aoi no Ue → associatedWith → Yūgao ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yugao