The Other Self as a Spirit

Aoi-no-Ue (Lady Aoi) is a play about a malevolent spirit, written in the fourteenth century Japan. The title is derived from a chapter of The Tale of Genji, written by Murasaki Shikibu. Aoi is the wife of Hikaru Genji who is the son of the emperor. One of Genji’s lovers, Lady Rokujo, is consumed wit...

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