Asebi

The second princess of the Higashi family is the daughter of a concubine. She is a beautiful young girl who is unusual within the clan for her brown curly hair and eyes of the same color. When entering the "Hall of Spring," she ascended in place of her half-sister, Futaba. However, due to her lack of education befitting a noble and her ignorance of common knowledge, she is sometimes ridiculed by others within the Inner Palace.

Her mother is Ukigumo, a woman who once represented the Higashi family in entering the Inner Palace. Among the many musicians in the Higashi family, Ukigumo is especially renowned for her skillful playing of the long zither. The princess met Wakamiya when she was a child and has harbored feelings for him ever since.