Most of the players that appearin the "Genji Monogatari" arepeopledeeplyrelated to the Imperial Family or the Imperial household, suchas the hero of this story, Prince HikaruGenji, who became asubject of the state; his younger brothers, Hotaru Hyobukyo no Miya and Uji Hachi no Miya; his wife, Imperial Princess Onna San no Miya; and their children, Kaoru, Suetsumuhana (adaughter of Hitachi no miya) and Akashi no onkata (whose mother was agrandchild of Nakatsukasa no Miya).
A group from the Minamoto clan, derived from Hikaru and his brothers, was later called Ninmyo-Genji (Minamoto clan).
光やその兄弟を祖とする源氏の一群は、後世において仁明源氏と称された。
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Hikaru's grandson, MINAMOTO no Atsushi is known to havebecome MINAMOTO no Mitsunaka's son-in-law and adopted MINAMOTO no Tsuna (WATANABE no Tsuna) of Saga-Genji (Minamoto clan).
光の孫の源敦は源満仲の女婿となり、嵯峨源氏の源綱(渡辺綱)を養子としたことで知られる。
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In addition, the maincharacter of "Genji Monogatari" (The Tale of Genji), HIKARUGenji is different from the name MINAMOTO noHikaru.
In "Genji Monogatari" (The Tale of Genji), aliterarywork of this period, we canfindmany cases of koka suchas Omiya (the lawfulwife of the Sadaijin [Minister of the left] and the mother of Aoi no ue [Lady Aoi]), Onna Sannomiya (the lawfulwife of HikaruGenji), Ochiba no miya (the lawfulwife of Kashiwagi, wholater remarried to Yugiri), and Onna Ninomiya (the lawfulwife of Kaoru) and so on.
In addition, among the descendants of MINAMOTO noHikaru was MINAMOTO no Atsushi, who was the father of the wife of MINAMOTO no Mitsunaka of Seiwa-Genji and alsofosterfather of MINAMOTO no Tsuna (WATANABE no Tsuna) of Saga-Genji.