Rokujo

Rokujo has left the "Burning House," i.e. her material body.

Aoi No Uye 1922

[6: I have come secretly] Rokujo went secretly to the Kamo Festival in a closed carriage.

Aoi No Uye 1922

When he was about sixteen he fell in love with Princess Rokujo, the widow of the Emperor's brother; she was about eight years older than himself.

Aoi No Uye 1922

Soon after this, Genji became reconciled with his wife Aoi, but continued to visit Rokujo.

Aoi No Uye 1922

I am the angry ghost of Rokujo, Lady of the Chamber.

Aoi No Uye 1922

A scuffle ensued between her servants and those of Rokujo (for she was the occupant of the second carriage) in which Aoi's side prevailed.

Aoi No Uye 1922

Owing to the episode at the Kamo Festival, Rokujo is obsessed by the idea of "carriages," "wheels" and the like.

Aoi No Uye 1922

Before dawn Yugao was dead, stricken by the "living phantom" of Rokujo, embodiment of her baleful jealousy.

Aoi No Uye 1922

The Fenollosa-Hirata draft calls the manifest spirit "The Princess Rokujo," and she attacks Awoi, who is represented by the folded kimono.

Awoi No Uye 1916

That is to say, Awoi is tormented by her own passion, and this passion obsesses her first in the form of a personal apparition of Rokujo, then in demonic form.

Awoi No Uye 1916