Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji  is an epic tale of the emperor's favored son. Although he is favored and although this tale high lights the many successes and failures of Genji, Shikibu touches on one reoccurring misfortune of Genji's throughout the entire epic: his trouble with women. The tale is filled with the many adventures Genji embarks on while his quest for women remains throughout the entire novel. His womanizing ways seem to be stemmed from one ultimate goal: finding a girl whom resembles Fujitsubo, the concubine who resembles Genji's mother Kiritsubo. "She was charming with rich, unplucked eyebrows and hair pushed childishly back from the forehead. How he would like to see her in a few years! And a sudden realization brought him close to tears: the resemblance to Fujitsubo, for whom he so yeared, was astonishing  (70-71). While chasing women may not necessarily be a bad outlet for accomplishing his end goal, it seems inappropriate that Genji would obsess over young girls. However, the quest for a replacement of lost love, the obsession over one favored maiden and the fondness of young girls are character traits in which Genji does not acquire on his own but merely follows in his father's footsteps. Muraski Shikibu starts of the tale introducing the great Emperor who loves one concubine, Kiritsubo, more than the rest of the concubines. Shikibu does not go to great lengths to give any character traits of the Emperor other than his favoritism towards Kiritsubo. "The emperor's pity and affection quite passed bounds. No longer caring what his ladies and courtiers might say, he behaved as if intent upon stirring gossip  (3). However, this "favoritism  turns uncomfortably into obsession, "He insisted on having her always beside him, however, on nights when there was music or other entertainment he would require that she be present  (4). "In the summer the boy's mother, feeling vaguely unwell, asked that she be allo