Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu was the daughter of Fujiwara no Tametoki, a scholar who saw to her education. Married rather late to a man of her rank, she was a widow a few years later, with a daughter. She then entered, on the initiative of Fujiwara no Michinaga, the service of the Empress Shōshi. Her real name is unknown, and the second part of the name given to her refers to the office held by her father. She also left a court diary, and died at a date that is not known with certainty.

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