Suetsumuhana

Suetsumuhana is the name of a female character in Murasaki Shikibu's epic novel The Tale of Genji.

Prince Genji was briefly attracted to her, until she lowered her fan to reveal her nose.

The incident with the Safflower Princess's nose has always been a source of comic relief for readers of the "Tale of Genji".

In the manga comics, the extremely shy princess is always depicted as being quite unattractive, the amorous prince having fallen in love because of her voice and the way she plays the koto.

[citation needed] The ideal of female beauty in Heian was to have very fine, thin noses, as depicted in the painted scrolls.