Murasaki Shikibu

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 , wey na dem mention insyd a 1007 court diary as an imperial lady-in-waiting.
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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

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