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Murasaki Shikibu
- In this Japanesename, the family name is Murasaki.
Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部, c.
– c.
Shikibu murasaki biography of rory
) was a novelist, poet, and servant of the Imperial Court during the Heian period of Japan.[1] She is well known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written around year
Murasaki Shikibu is a nickname; her real name is unknown.[2][3]
Life
[change | change source]Murasaki was born in Kyoto.[4] She was born into the Fujiwara family.[2] Her father, Fujiwara Tametoki, was not a very nice father and when Murasaki got older he confessed that he regretted she was not a boy.[3]
In the year , Murasaki married her second cousin, Fujiwara Nobutake, at age [5] In , they had a daughter, Kenshi, who also became a poet.
Fujiwara Nobutake died about
Murasaki started as a writer soon after her husband's unexpected death. She was recognized immediately, and she was asked to the imperial court as a tutor to Empr