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* [[Tender Tears]]: Everybody in Genji's world sheds gallons of tears over ''mono no aware'', the sadness of things.
* [[Time Skip]]: Many. As one example, there are about five years of Genji's life when he was 12 through to 17 that we're told little of - indeed, about the only thing we ''are'' told of is that he at least tried to have an affair with his first cousin.
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** In fact, the utter cluelessness of the Imperial household and the bureaucrats who served them, and their willingness to outsource their leadership tasks to hired warriors ("Samurai") whom they despised eventually led to the overthrow and downfall of the Heian court depicted in the Tale of Genji. An early Samurai actually appears in one chapter and is roundly mocked and despised for his lack of taste; it was actually a chapter frequently ''censored'' because the genteel courtiers couldn't stand even reading a description of such an uncouth person.
*** Genji is physically sickened by the appearance of the father of one of his many lovers, who was the governor of one of the rural provinces. His disfigurement? Tanned skin.
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