Murasaki Shikibu

human
Part of	Thirty Six Elder Poetic Sages, Thirty-Six Immortal Women Poets
Ein sex anaa gender	female
Name in native language	紫式部
Birth name	藤原香子
Name wey dem give am	Takako
Family name	Fujiwara
Name in kana	むらさきしきぶ
Ein date of birth	970s
Place dem born am	Heian-kyō
Date wey edie	11. century
Place wey edie	Heian-kyō
Ein poppie	Fujiwara no Tametoki
Mummie	Fujiwara no Tamenobu's daughter
Spouse	Fujiwara no Nobutaka
Kiddie	Daini no Sanmi
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	Japanese
Writing language	Japanese
Field for work	poetry, novel
Employer	Fujiwara no Shōshi
Educate for	no value
Notable work	The Tale of Genji, The Diary of Lady Murasaki, Poetic Memoirs
Dem name after	Murasaki, Ministry of Civil Services
Depicted by	Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki, 2000 yen note
Has works in the collection	National Museum of World Cultures
Copyright status as creator	copyrights on works have expired
Stack Exchange tag	https://literature.stackexchange.com/tags/murasaki-shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部, Lady Murasaki; c. 973 – c. 1014 or 1025) na she be Japanese novelist, poet den lady-in-waiting for de Imperial court insyd de Heian period. Na she be best known as de author of The Tale of Genji, dem widely consider am to be one of de world ein first novels, dem wrep insyd Japanese between about 1000 den 1012. Murasaki Shikibu be descriptive name; ein personal name be unknown, buh na she fi be Fujiwara no Kaoruko (藤原香子), wey na dem mention insyd a 1007 court diary as an imperial lady-in-waiting.

Gallery

Insyd The Tale of Genji, Murasaki describe court life, as dem depict insyd dis exterior scene dem title "Royal Outing", late 16th century by Tosa Mitsuyoshi
Hiroshige ukiyo-e print (1852) dey show an interior court scene from The Tale of Genji
Insyd dis 1795 woodcut, dem dey show Murasaki insyd discussion plus five male court poets.
Murasaki Shikibu dey compose The Tale of Genji, by Yashima Gakutei (1786–1868).

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External links

Rozan-ji Temple, Kyoto
Works by Murasaki Shikibu at Project Gutenberg
Works by Murasaki Shikibu at Open Library
Works by Murasaki Shikibu at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Exhibition: The Tale of Genji, A Japanese Classic Illuminated at Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 5 – June 16, 2019