Murasaki Shikibu
c. 973–c. 1014
Japanese author of The Tale of Genji.
Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973–c. 1014) was a novelist, born and died in Heian-kyō.
- Known as
- Novelist
- Category
- Writers
- Born
- c. 973, Heian-kyō
- Died
- c. 1014, Heian-kyō
Alive at the same time as Murasaki Shikibu
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Portrait: Tosa Mitsuoki (1617 - 1691), Public domain.
