Abstract
Early in the eleventh century, Murasaki Shikibu composed her great novel of life at the imperial court of Japan, The Tale of Genji. Its hero, Prince Genji, loves many women, but his first lover is the RokujA¶ lady, an elegant older woman of great discernment and brittle pride. Too young and curious to be faithful, Genji is soon attracted to other beauties and lets his ardor for Lady RokujA¶ cool. Her rancor and wounded pride smoulder and flame up into violent jealousy, transforming her while still living into a malevolent spirit bound to pursue and destroy Genji's most treasured loves. At the bedside of his pregnant wife, Lady Aoi, who is gravely ill and seems to be possessed by some baleful force, Genji meets the spirit of Lady RokujA¶ face-to-face for the first time:
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