After the death of her grandmother, she is supposed to be taken in by her father, but Genji takes her to his residence Nijoin and brings her up to become his ideal woman without telling anyone who she is ('Wakamurasaki'). |
祖母の死後、父に引き取られるはずであった若紫を略取した源氏は、自邸の二条院において、周囲には彼女の素性を隠しながら理想の女性に育てる(「若紫」)。 |