Genji Monogatari Sennenki

Admired at the imperial court for his beauty and gifts, Hikaru Genji enjoys privileges that cannot secure the affection he most desires. His longing for Fujitsubo, a consort of his father, entangles him in a secret that threatens both private loyalties and courtly order.

Marriage and other relationships offer no easy escape from that attachment. Amid poetry, ceremony and elegant appearances, jealousy and political rivalry expose the grief left by a man whose search for love repeatedly wounds the women around him.