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  2. Murasaki Shikibu - Wikipedia

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    She returned to Kyoto, probably in 998, to marry her father's friend Fujiwara no Nobutaka , a much older second cousin. [4] [11] Descended from the same branch of the Fujiwara clan, he was a court functionary and bureaucrat at the Ministry of Ceremonials, with a reputation for dressing extravagantly and as a talented dancer. [20]

  3. The Diary of Lady Murasaki - Wikipedia

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    Murasaki Shikibu wrote her diary at the Heian imperial court between c. 1008 – c. 1010.She is depicted here in a c. 1765 nishiki-e by Komatsuken.. The Diary of Lady Murasaki (紫式部日記, Murasaki Shikibu Nikki) is the title given to a collection of diary fragments written by the 11th-century Japanese Heian era lady-in-waiting and writer Murasaki Shikibu.

  4. Emperor Juntoku - Wikipedia

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    This emperor is known posthumously as Sado-no In (佐渡院) because his last years were spent at Sado. He was buried in a mausoleum, the Mano Goryo, on Sado's west coast. [5] Juntoku's official Imperial tomb (misasagi) is in Kyoto. Juntoku was tutored in poetry by Fujiwara no Sadaie, who was also known as Teika.

  5. Empress Shōshi - Wikipedia

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    Fujiwara no Shōshi (藤原彰子, 988 – October 25, 1074), also known as Jōtōmon-in (上東門院), the eldest daughter of Fujiwara no Michinaga, was Empress of Japan from c. 1000 to c. 1011. Her father sent her to live in the Emperor Ichijō 's harem at age 12.

  6. Echizen Province - Wikipedia

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    Echizen Province (越前国, Echizen-no-kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. [1] Echizen bordered on Kaga, Wakasa, Hida, and Ōmi Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbreviated form name was ' (Esshū, 越州).

  7. Daini no Sanmi - Wikipedia

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    She was the daughter of Murasaki Shikibu and Fujiwara no Nobutaka []. [1] [2] Her given name was Katako (賢子), [1] [2] [3] although the kanji can also be read as Kenshi.[4]In 1017, she joined to the court and served as a lady-in-waiting for Grand Empress Dowager Shoshi, the mother of Emperor Go-Ichijo.

  8. Shichijō-in - Wikipedia

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    Fujiwara no Shokushi was born in 1157. [1] Her father was Bōmon Nobutaka [], [2] and her mother was Fujiwara no Kyūshi (藤原休子) of Fujiwara clan. [2]While serving Taira no Tokuko, [2] the daughter of regent Taira no Kiyomori and wife of Emperor Takakura, [2] she became naishi-no-suke [] ("Assistant Handmaid") to the emperor, [2] and bore Prince Morisada [] [2] and the future Emperor Go ...

  9. Fujiwara no Nobuzane - Wikipedia

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    Fujiwara Nobuzane (Japanese: 藤原 信実) (1176–1265) was one of the leading Japanese portrait artists of 13th century Japan. Nobuzane was born in Kyoto , and was the son of Fujiwara Takanobu . Takanobu specialized in nise-e (“likeness picture”) portraits.