In the most beautiful season and with tinged autumn leaves,
Hikaru Genji is dancing a gagaku, “Seigaiha,” at a longevity celebration
His appearance is ethereally beautiful

At a rehearsal for the celebration,
Genji looks pale while dancing in front of his father, the Emperor Kiritsubo and Lady Fujitsubo**, who is already pregnant with Genji’s baby

* A program of Gagaku, ancient Japanese court dance and music
** Emperor Kiritsubo's Empress and Hikaru Genji’s mother-in-law