Additionally, there are two types of characters' names in "The Tale of Genji": one is the name that appears in the tale, and the other is the name that doesn't appear in the work itself but has been generated in the process of accepting the work.
また、『源氏物語』の登場人物の表記には、もともと作中に出てくるものと、直接作中には出てこず、『源氏物語』が受容されていく中で生まれてきた呼び名のふた通りが存在する。