This paper attempts to clarify the intention of the narrative, as revealed in the construction of the character Kaoru. Kaoru is presented as an austere and humble idealized prince, but also as a character with a negative side, floundering in his obsession. Because of this, appraisals of Kaoru have taken many different forms. In fact, however, this complex image of Kaoru is deeply related to the nature of the Uji chapters. The Uji chapters go beyond the scheme of a simple love story, deepening the narrative by depicting the sadness and fragility behind Kaoru`s affair, which ends without the lovers coming together despite their feelings for one another. When a narrative is complex and three-dimensional in this way, it is necessary for the characters that bring it to life to be appropriately constructed. It seems that the multi-faceted character of Kaoru is responding to just such a narrative demand. Because his character is constructed in this way, the narrative encounters a series of turning points at each stage leading up to the conclusion of their affair, and is deepened from a multitude of perspectives. How multi-faceted a being is mankind? Murasaki Shikibu was able to demonstrate the answer to this in the Tale of Genji through character construction, one method of weaving a fictional tale. Through this analysis, it is clear that in the third section of the tale, after Genji`s death, Kaoru is not relativized in the slightest, but instead depicted even more richly.