Violet

Concerning the origin of this appellation there exist two different opinions.

Those holding one derive it from her family name Fujiwara, for Fujiwara literally means the field of wisteria, and the color of the wisteria blossom is violet.

Those holding the other trace it to the fact that out of several persons introduced into the story, Violet, Murasaki in the text, is a most modest and gentle woman.

Whence it is thought that the admirers of the work transferred the name to the authoress herself.

In her youth she was maid of honor to a daughter of the then prime minister who became eventually the wife of the emperor Ichijyo, better known by her surname Jyotto Monin, and who is especially famous as having been the patroness of our authoress.

They will be able to compare it with the condition of medieval and modern Europe.

Another peculiarity of the work to which I would draw attention is that, with a few exceptions, it does not give proper names to the personages introduced.

For the male characters official titles are generally employed, and to the principal female ones some appellation taken from an incident belonging to the history of each; for instance, a girl is named Violet because the hero once compared her to that flower; while another is called Yugao because she was found in a humble dwelling where the flowers of the yugao covered the hedges with a mantle of blossom.

Now try it with purple.

Tôi thích màu tím.

Tôi thích màu tím.

Tôi thích màu tím.

Perfect rhythm.

Let us create a tiny scene to tie this all together.

New Jersey and south.

False indigo Violet.

Riverbanks.

Pennsylvania, southwest.

Dry hills.

Massachusetts, middle states, west.

Hedysarum Violet-purple.

Mountains.