Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet
Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, widely considered to be one of the world's first novels, written in Japanese... Wikipedia
Born: Heian-kyō, Japan
Died: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Spouse: Fujiwara no Nobutaka (m. ?–1001)
Grandchildren: dcera Kanetaky Fudžiwary, dcera Nariakiho Takašiny, and Tameie Takašina
Children: Daini no Sanmi
Parents: Fujiwara no Tametoki
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