『源氏物語』に描かれる「姉妹」たち

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Many female characters appear in The Tales of Genji, and each of them plays an important part in each story. Among them, there are many sisters: OKIMI and NAKANOKIMI of Uji, KOKIDENNYOGO and OBOROZUKIYO, princesses of SUZAKUIN, daughters of NAIDAIJIN, and so on. The relationships and roles of these sisters are affected by their positions, that is, if they are princesses, noblewomen, or subordinates. In this essay I examined these sisters in The Tales of Genji. First of all, I classified them into princesses, noblewomen and subordinates in accordance with their fathers' positions in the stories. Then, I specified the positions of their mothers and husbands. It is very important if the both of the sisters were born from the same mother or not. The female characters in The Tales of Genji have something to do with the politics at that time, and that is why their birth histories I mentioned above are very important. By this classification, the problems involved in each sister seem to have been emerged. I hope to do further studies to unravel these problems.
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