Murasaki Shikibu

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Also Known As Lady Murasaki

Murasaki Shikibu

Biography

Murasaki Shikibu (紫 式部, English: Lady Murasaki; c. 973 or 978 – c. 1014 or 1031) was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012. Murasaki Shikibu is a descriptive name; her personal name is unknown, but she may have been Fujiwara no Takako (藤原 香子), who was mentioned in a 1007 court diary as an imperial lady-in-waiting. -- Wikipedia Note: Shikibu was her title in the Imperial court.

Known For

Writer

2009
The Tale of Genji

as Original Story

1991
1987
The Mountains of the Moon

as Original Story

1987
The Tale of Genji

as Original Story

1981
The Tale of Genji

as Original Story

1966
The Tale of Genji

as Original Story

1951