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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 period. She was best known as the author of The Tale of Genji , widely considered to be one of the world's first novels , written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012.
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.
The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji monogatari, pronounced [ɡeɲdʑi monoɡaꜜtaɾi]), also known as Genji Monogatari, is a classic work of 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 Third Princess, a character from The Tale of Genji (ukiyo-e by Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766). The characters of The Tale of Genji do not possess birth names. Instead they are assigned sobriquets derived from poetic exchanges (e.g. Murasaki takes her name from a poem by Genji), from the particular court positions they occupy (in the Tyler translation, characters are often referred to by such ...
The English term poetic diary was used by the Princeton University scholar/translator Earl Miner in his book, Japanese Poetic Diaries. Traditionally, composed of a series of poems held together by prose sections, the poetic diary has often taken the form of a pillow book or a travel journal .
Murasaki Shikibu, author of Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji) Monogatari (Japanese: 物語, [monoɡaꜜtaɾi]) is a literary form in traditional Japanese literature – an extended prose narrative tale comparable to epic literature.
Murasaki Kimidori, a character from the anime and manga series Dr. Slump; Ninja Murasaki, a member of the Red Ribbon Army in the anime and manga series Dragon Ball; Murasaki Kuhōin, a character from the light novel, anime and manga series Kure-nai; Akane Kurashiki, who is nicknamed "Murasaki" in Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
His English translation of the epic The Tale of Genji, published in 1976, was especially well received critically and is counted among the preferred modern translations. [ 1 ] Seidensticker is closely associated with the work of three major Japanese writers of the 20th century: Yasunari Kawabata , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , and Yukio Mishima .