Murasaki Shikibu
Lady, 978?–1031?, Japanese poet and novelist.
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Izumi Shikibu is as unlike Murasaki Shikibu as could well happen.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan | VariousI have already shown Murasaki Shikibu's beautiful taste in dress, but indeed it is in everything.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan | VariousMurasaki Shikibu records the astounding pitch to which it had reached in a passage in her diary.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan | VariousWe know no more of Murasaki Shikibu except that no shade of scandal ever tinged her name.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan | VariousMurasaki Shikibu was the daughter of Fujiwara Tametoki, a scion of a junior branch of the famous family.
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British Dictionary definitions for Murasaki Shikibu
/ (ˌmʊərɑːˈsɑːkiː ˈʃiːkiːˌbuː) /
11th-century Japanese court lady, author of The Tale of Genji, perhaps the world's first novel
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