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Princess Of The Radiant Sun By Monogatgari

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1. Monogatgari style stories involve a man of higher social status falling in love with and/or lusting after a woman of low social status. That is what could be considered in those days a “forbidden love”. One of Gengi’s first loves was a woman who was serving in the court named Fujitsubo. Fujitsubo was all that Gengi thought he wanted in a woman and was referred to as “Princess of the Radiant Sun”. The emperor merely thought it was just Gengi acting like any boy his age would around a woman like Fujitsubo, but Gengi felt that it was more than that, and he never forgot her for the rest of his life, even after he had married. Readers begin chapter two learning of the numerous affairs that Gengi has had and continually works to keep secret. With

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