In The Tale of Genji Mappō is an immense theme within its story. Mappō is a term popular in the Heian Period used to describe the ideal that nothing lasts and that one day all good things must come to an end. The Tale of Genji has many scenarios in which Mappō is shown such as that many girls Genji had fallen for and wanted to spend his life with them ended up dying; some of them being Yugao, Aoi, and Murasaki. The deaths of his lovers and all the betrayal plus his exile show Mappō to its fullest extent. Aoi is the women that he deemed the love of his life and died shortly after giving birth to a boy. Aoi was Genji’s first wife and died after insulting the Lady of Rokujo who supposedly sent an evil spirit to her. Everyone deemed her life
