He celebrates his coming of age, being given the name of Genji and getting married to Lady Aoi, a daughter of the House of the Sadijin (Minister of the Left), and people come to call him Hikaru Genji because of his shining beauty.
元服した彼は帝によって源氏を賜り、源氏物語の登場人物左大臣家家娘葵の上の婿となって、その光り輝くような美貌から光源氏と呼ばれるようになる。