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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.
Murasaki Shikibu was born c. 973 [note 1] in Heian-kyō, Japan, into the northern Fujiwara clan descending from Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, the first 9th century Fujiwara regent. [1] The Fujiwara clan dominated court politics until the end of the 11th century through strategically marrying their daughters into the imperial family and the use of ...
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.
Konoe Nobutada (近衛 信尹, 1565 – 1614) was a Momoyama period Japanese courtier known as a poet, calligrapher, painter and diarist. Having no legitimate son, he adopted his nephew Nobuhiro as his heir.
Fujiwara no Tadataka (藤原 隆忠, 1163 - 1245), first son of regent Matsudono Motofusa, was a Kugyō (high-ranking Japanese official) of the late Heian and Kamakura periods. Despite being first-born, he was treated as if he were not, while his stepbrother Moroie inherited the male-line.
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 ...
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.
In 1198, he became emperor upon the abdication of Emperor Go-Toba, who continued to exercise Imperial powers as cloistered emperor.. 18 February 1198 (Kenkyū 9, 11th day of the 1st month): In the 15th year of Go-Toba-tennō ' s reign (後鳥羽天皇十五年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (senso) was received by his eldest son.