He was the first reader of "The Tale of Genji," and it is said that every time he visited Murasakishikibu's room he asked for her manuscript (it is also said that he was looking forward to reading about an aristocrat that appears in the story who is a tactician modeled after him). |
『源氏物語』の第一読者であり、紫式部の局にやってきてはいつも原稿の催促をしていたといわれている(自分をモデルとした策略家の貴族が登場していることからそれを楽しみにしていたとも言われる)。 |