| The Rites |  |
| |
|
On one cool autumn evening, Murasaki enjoyed a private talk with Genji and the Empress Akashi. The following morning, she faded away. Distraught at her death, Genji requested Yugiri to call someone to administer vows. Yugiri replied: "It is too late to do so. Changing her figure would make the sorrow deeper." But he summoned several of the priests and asked them to do whatever could still be done.
|
|
|
