Jealousy can kill. So suggests both "The Tale of Genji" and "Captain
             Shigemoto's Mother." Jealousy can kill the soul and tear the heart
             asunder. However, in the former epic of the Heian period of Japan,
             jealousy is injurious mainly to women, and men function as objects of
             jealous range. In the later short story, jealousy's effects extend to
             In "The Tale of Genji," the hero wins and leaves various women. One
             of the women he seduces and casts off is so jealous she leaves her own
             body, spiritually, and attempts to take possession of the body of another
             women to do this woman a physical harm. However, "Captain Shigemoto's
             Mother" and the jealousy that tears the son and mother apart are more
             diffuse in its effects, causing emotional rather than physical damage.
             In "The Tale of Genji," the abovementioned Rokujo is particularly
             incensed because she perceives herself, correctly, as kind of a falling-
             back place of comfort for the hero. While Genji has affairs, Rokujo becomes
             jealous of his other women and fixated upon these other women, eventually
             killing two of them. Genji remains untouched by her ire.
             Thus, in "The Tale of Genji," jealousy is mainly a relationship
             between women, even if a male causes it and romance is the reason for
             jealousy. Genji is born in an atmosphere of jealousyâ€"his mother dies
             because of a rival's jealous court machinations, yet although he is the
             cause of jealousy amongst females, it does not impact his own soul or cause
             his own ire. Genji is very careless about relationships.
             "Captain Shigemoto's Mother" also tells the story of a man trying to
             understand how his mother came to be lost to him through the jealous
             emotions of another. However, the man in question is equally affected and
             pained by the spiraling effects of the emotion. Unlike Genji, where
             jealousy's effects touch all women who surround the figu...