Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部, 'Lady Murasaki'; c. 973 – c. 1014 or 1025) was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian...

The Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki (紫式部日記絵巻) is a mid-13th century emaki (Japanese picture scroll) inspired by the private diary (nikki) of Murasaki Shikibu...

Japanese literature written by the noblewoman, poet, and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu around the peak of the Heian period, in the early 11th century. The...

Immortals (中古三十六歌仙, chūko sanjurokkasen). She was the contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, and Akazome Emon at the court of empress Joto Mon'in. She "is considered...

the Heian period left behind their sobriquets alone. Murasaki Shikibu is no exception: "Murasaki" means "purple" and is likely derived from her character...

the Tale of Genji cited below, also draws attention to the entry in Murasaki Shikibu's diary: see the Penguin Books edition, 2003, Introduction, p.xvii Birmingham...

Monogatari), written in the early 11th century by female courtier Murasaki Shikibu, is considered the pre-eminent novel of Heian fiction. Other important...

in gardens. It is called Murasakishikibu in Japanese, in honor of Murasaki Shikibu. Purple beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma), native to Japan, China...

(Old English) c. 1008–10 – The Diary of Lady Murasaki (紫式部日記 Murasaki Shikibu Nikki), by Murasaki Shikibu (in kana script) 1010: March 8 (completed) –...

significant fig tree in Indian religions McCullough, Helen Craig; Murasaki Shikibu (1994). Genji and Heike: Selections from The Tale of Genji and The...

dame Murasaki Shikibu - ISBN 978-2-7169-0261-8 Les Belles Endormies (The House of the Sleeping Beauties) by Yasunari Kawabata 1977: Éloge de l'ombre (In...

with Murasaki Shikibu, Akazome Emon and Izumi Shikibu, and later became the nurse of Emperor Shirakawa Daini no Sanmi (999–1082); daughter of Murasaki Shikibu...

and its refined culture. Thus the Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki, which traces the life and intrigues of Murasaki Shikibu, author of The Tale of Genji (10th...

no yoru (銀河鉄道の夜, Night on the Galactic Railroad)], Marsilio, 1994 Murasaki Shikibu Storia di Genji il principe splendente [Genji monogatari (源氏物語, The...

to appear on a Japanese banknote, after Empress Jingū in 1881 and Murasaki Shikibu in 2000. Her stories Ōtsugomori, Nigorie, Jūsan'ya and Takekurabe have...

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji, an early 11th-century Japanese text, has sometimes...

given in The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon, while The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu is often described as the world's first novel. During the Edo period...

49 (1): 3–13. doi:10.15644/asc49/1/1. PMC 4945341. PMID 27688380. Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji, translated by Royall Tyler. Chapter 6, page 130...

(1999-03-01). "Allegory, realism and fantasy in Feso". South African Journal of African Languages. 19 (4): 245–249. doi:10.1080/02572117.1999.10587403...

ISBN 9781905763221. Henitiuk, Valerie (2008). "Going to Bed with Waley: How Murasaki Shikibu Does and Does Not Become World Literature". Comparative Literature...

writing their own works about Japan. The Tale of Genji, written by Murasaki Shikibu during the Heian period, is known worldwide as a unique Japanese literature...

Tale of Genji was written in the early 11th century by the noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu and is considered by some to be the first novel. Anna Komnene, the...

Sugamo Jizō (とげ抜き 新巣鴨地蔵縁起, Toge-nuki: Shin Sugamo Jizō engi) 2008: Murasaki Shikibu Prize for the novel The Thorn-Puller: New Tales of the Sugamo Jizō...

settlements in and around Vinland in North America. 1001–1008: Japanese Lady Murasaki Shikibu writes The Tale of Genji. 1001 ± 40 years: Baitoushan volcano on what...

"Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon" by Li Bai Beowulf The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu The Letters of Heloise and Abelard "O Nobilissima Viriditas" by Hildegard...

The Diaries of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys The Diary of Lady Murasaki by Murasaki Shikibu Diary of a Madman and Other Stories by Nikolai Gogol A Dictionary...

cultural values and aesthetics. Some of the most famous of these include Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji (1021), about Heian court culture; Miyamoto Musashi's...

original on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2023-08-03. Tyler, Royall (2002). "Murasaki Shikibu | Brief life of a legendary novelist: c. 973-1014". Harvard Magazine...

statement "there are tenacious mononoke", as well as a statement by Murasaki Shikibu that "the mononoke have become quite dreadful", which are the first...

writer Arthur Munby (1828–1910), English poet, barrister, and solicitor Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部, c. 973 or 978 – c. 1014 or 1031), Japanese novelist and lady...