Omyōbu is Fujitsubo's serving lady. The two are initially very close, but Omyōbu goes against Fujitsubo's wishes to arrange meetings between Fujitsubo and Genji. This results in Genji raping Fujitsubo and Fujitsubo becoming pregnant with Reizei. When Omyōbu remains sympathetic to Genji despite her lady's crushing anxiety about the whole thing, Fujitsubo begins to treat Omyōbu coldly. Later, Omyōbu feels responsible for the fact that Fujitsubo, Reizei, and Genji don't live quiet and happy lives.
Omyōbu Quotes in The Tale of Genji
The The Tale of Genji quotes below are all either spoken by Omyōbu or refer to Omyōbu. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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She did not seek to hide her distress, and her efforts to turn him away delighted him even as they put him to shame. There was no one else quite like her. In that fact was his undoing: he would be less a prey to longing if he could find in her even a trace of the ordinary.
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Omyōbu Quotes in The Tale of Genji
The The Tale of Genji quotes below are all either spoken by Omyōbu or refer to Omyōbu. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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She did not seek to hide her distress, and her efforts to turn him away delighted him even as they put him to shame. There was no one else quite like her. In that fact was his undoing: he would be less a prey to longing if he could find in her even a trace of the ordinary.
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