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Murasaki Shikibu (Bahaso japang:紫式部, lahia 973 - maningga 1014 atau 1025), adolah saurang panulih, novelis jo panyaia dari Japang.

Karya-karyanyo nan terkenal antaro lain Hikayat Genji (1008), Buku Harian Murasaki Shikibu (1010) jo Murasaki Shikibu-Shō (1014).

Murasaki Shikibu lahia pado taun 973 di ibu kota Heian-kyō (kini Kyoto) Japang.

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Waley, Arthur. "Introduction". in Shikibu, Murasaki, The Tale of Genji: A Novel in Six Parts. translated by Arthur Waley. (1960). New York: Modern Library.