Murasaki Shikibu
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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MURASAKI SHIKIBU moo rasa ke she keboo , c.978 1031?, Japanese novelist, court figure at the height of the Heian period (795 1185). Known also as Lady Murasaki, she is celebrated as the author of the romantic novel Genji-Monogatari...