Aoi no Ue

Aoi no Ue

is a fictional character in "The Tale of Genji" ("Genji Monogatari"). Her name is very roughly translated as Lady Aoi. She was the first wife of Hikaru Genji. Although they remained distant for most of their married life, he was inconsolable when she died during childbirth.

"Aoi no Ue" is also the title of a "Noh" play about her, translated as "Lady of the Court", or in the modern version by Yukio Mishima, "The Lady Aoi".

Pioneering electronic music composers Joji Yuasa and Toshiro Mayuzumi both composed a piece entitled "Aoi no Ue".

Aoi Ue also appears as a character in the famous Salman Rushdie novel, "The Moor's Last Sigh".


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