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* [[Author Avatar]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]], [[Values Dissonance|at least for modern audiences]]. As mentioned in the introduction, the author is named for the character Princess Murasaki, not the other way round. How far the two actually resembled one another is something lost to history.
* [[Bishonen]]: Genji is a prime example, according to the frequent and detailed descriptions of him. Occasional comments are made that, with his beauty, he should have been born a woman.
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: At one point the current emperor is Genji's half brother, and he comments that if he'd been a woman, he probably would've taken a "more than sisterly" interest in Genji.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Actually a cultural artifact of the time: frank, direct language was typically considered rude. Most casual conversations between nobles, especially for romantic purposes, were made via allusion, metaphor, and circumlocution, typically via poetry. Genji takes this a bit farther during his more [[Jerkass]] moments.
* [[Casanova]]: Even by the standards of the time, Genji's exploits are notorious.
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