Yugiri (disputed paternity in narrative context)

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Yugiri is a prominent character in The Tale of Genji whose birth and lineage are clouded by uncertainty over whether his true father is Genji or To no Chujo.

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Label Occurrences
Yugiri (disputed paternity in narrative context) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf character in The Tale of Genji ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
appearsIn The Tale of Genji ⓘ
appearsInChapter Aoi ⓘ
Sakaki ⓘ
Yugiri ⓘ
linked to: Yūgiri
associatedWith Aoi no Ue ⓘ
Hikaru Genji ⓘ
To no Chujo ⓘ
birthCircumstances paternity disputed between Hikaru Genji and To no Chujo ⓘ
createdBy Murasaki Shikibu ⓘ
culture Heian Japan ⓘ
linked to: Heian period
fictionalUniverse Heian-period court society ⓘ
firstAppearance early chapters of The Tale of Genji ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasAllegedFather To no Chujo ⓘ
hasMother Aoi no Ue ⓘ
hasPossibleBiologicalFather Hikaru Genji ⓘ
To no Chujo ⓘ
hasPutativeFather Hikaru Genji ⓘ
languageOfWork Classical Japanese ⓘ
legitimacyStatus socially recognized as Genji’s son ⓘ
literaryPeriod Heian period literature ⓘ
literarySignificance illustrates theme of uncertain fatherhood in classical Japanese literature ⓘ
medium prose fiction ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodies consequences of Genji and To no Chujo rivalry ⓘ
narrativeTheme family rivalry ⓘ
legitimacy and lineage ⓘ
uncertain paternity ⓘ
nationality Japanese (fictional) ⓘ
paternityStatus ambiguous within the narrative ⓘ
relationshipToGenji son (socially acknowledged) ⓘ
relationshipToToNoChujo possible biological son ⓘ
roleInPlot links the households of Genji and To no Chujo ⓘ
settingTime Heian period ⓘ
usedAsExampleOf Heian aristocratic concerns with lineage ⓘ
workGenre court romance ⓘ
monogatari ⓘ
workLocation Heian-kyō (Kyoto) (fictionalized) ⓘ
workTitleInJapanese 源氏物語 ⓘ
linked to: The Tale of Genji

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

To no Chujo → hasChild → Yugiri (disputed paternity in narrative context) ⓘ