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(*) Mitsu-uji is a samurai protagonist of "A Fraudulent Murasaki's Rustic Genji". - It was the writer, Ryûtei Tanehiko (1783-1842), who completely rewrote The Tale of Genji as a gôkan (popular literature published in bound volumes) in thirty-eight chapters. The protagonist, Mitsuuji, modeled on the courtier Genji, the "Shining Prince", is a son of the shogun who poses as a philanderer in the licensed pleasure quarters. |