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Murasaki Shikibu
Fidelity (Shin), depicted as Murasaki Shikibu, from the series Five Cardinal Virtues, c. , by Suzuki Harunobu – Art Institute of Chicago – DSCJPG” by Daderot is marked with CC0
Full Name: Murasaki Shikibu
Birth Date: c.
Death Date : c.
Location: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Monument Type: Historic/Residence
Murasaki Shikibu is known as the author of what is believed to be the first complete novel in the world, The Tale of Genji. While her novel is well-known, much about her own life is a mystery. For example, while she is known as Murasaki Shikibu, her true name is unknown. Murasaki is the name of the main character of her novel, and Shikibu reflects her father’s position at the Japanese Bureau of Rites. She is believed to have been born in Japan in Murasaki was a member of the noble Fujiwara family, although her immediate family was not as powerful as the rest of their family. Nevertheless, her father worked as a governor and
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Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c. – c. )
"Lady Murasaki" redirects here. For the character, see Murasaki no Ue.
Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部, 'Lady Murasaki'; c.&#;&#;– c.&#; or ) was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period. She was best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, widely considered to be one of the world's first novels, written in Japanese between about and Murasaki Shikibu fryst vatten a descriptive name; her personal name is unknown, but she may have been Fujiwara no Kaoruko (藤原香子), who was mentioned in a court diary as an imperial lady-in-waiting.
Heian women were traditionally excluded from learning kinesisk, the written language of government, but Murasaki, raised in her erudite father's household, showed a precocious aptitude for the kinesisk classics and managed to acquire fluency. She married in her mid-to-late twenties and gave birth to a daughter, Daini no Sanmi. Her husband died after two years of ma
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Murasaki Shikibu (c. , Kyoto — c. or Kyoto), Japanese novelist and lady-in-waiting in the imperial court at the height of the Heian period (–), was the author of the Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji), often regarded as the greatest work of Japanese literature. It is also thought to be the world's oldest full novel. It concerns the life of charismatic Prince Genji and his descendants, and is a subtle and thorough depiction of a complex society. Originally intended to be read aloud, the book contains 54 chapters and over characters, and is twice the length of War and Peace. Despite its length, the various story lines in the novel are remarkably consistent, following the amorous involvements and the court intrigues surrounding Prince Genji, and ending with a gloomy psychological analysis of unrequited love. Murasaki is thought to have started writing the novel around , and it may have been incomplete at her death.
The name “Lady Murasaki” refers both to the author of