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This character presents a final painting that decides a contest in favor of the group wearing red. He marries the daughter of the Minister of the Left. After she dies, he marries the Third Princess, who eventually becomes a nun af- ter giving birth to another man's child. One chapter in his story is titled "Vanished into the Clouds" and left blank; be- cause this character does not appear later, it is assumed that he dies in that chapter. Name this lover of many women, including Lady Murasaki, written about in eleventh-century Japan.
This character presents a final painting that decides a contest in favor of the group wearing red.
{Genji}