the court. In Ikeda's story, man of insatiable desire for power. The model is historical Grigori Rasputin. and Tsar (Emperor) and Tsarina (Empress) of the Russian Empire. Tsarina Aleksandra deeply believes in Rasputin who heals her son Crown Prince Aleksei. Nikolai II is the last Emperor of Russia. Marquis Yusupov submits a cabinet to Imperial sanction in order to help the Empire. But Tsar Nikolai doesn't give in. It brings the end of the Romanov Russia. Their models are historical Nikolai II and Aleksandra. Leader of the Socialist Revolutionary Party. Enemy of Marquis Yusupov. He wins Yusupov and grasps the power, but is defeated by the Bolsheviks. The model is historical Alexander Kerensky. Structure of story The Window of Orpheus has a bit complicated structure. The story consists of the four Parts. But from the contents of each part, it can be said that there are three independent stories. These stories are apparently assigned to each Part. Story 1: The Story of the Secret of the House Ahrensmeyer (Part 1, Part 4) Story 2: The Story of Isaak and the Music (Part1, Part 2, Part 4) Story 3: The Story of the Russian Revolution (Part 3) Part 1 contains the prologue of the Story 2, and it contains the interlogue of the Story 3. And Part 4 contains both the epilogue of the Story 1 and the Story 2. And the Story 2 isn't finished here in the original plan. At the first vision of the author, it was the story of a pianist and the music. That is, the Story 2 - Isaak and the Music was "the Window of Orpheus". The Story of Isaak and the Story of Russian Revolution have no relation. Aleksei was created to introduce the Russian Revolution. And Julius was formed to connect these situations. In the plan of the author, the story was scheduled to continue after the death of Aleksei and Julius. The son of Isaak, Jubel, would be a great pianist, and Isaak himself would be a grand master Composer in Vienna. But Ikeda could not write these stories, and therefore The Window of Orpheus is her "Life Work". Reception The Window of Orpheus is one of the representative Japanese shōjo manga in 1970s. Another Ikeda's work The Rose of Versailles has had higher reputation and popularity. But according to one editor, Orpheus has a higher completeness than Versailles in the