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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.
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]
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.
During the Heian period, the provincial governor of Echizen, Fujiwara no Tametoki, was the father of the celebrated author Murasaki Shikibu. Lady Murasaki left her hometown of Heian-kyō only once in her life, to go to Echizen with her father. She stayed for just over one year, and then returned home to marry Fujiwara no Nobutaka.
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 Nobunaga (藤原 信長; 1022 – October 14, 1094), third son of Norimichi, was a kugyo (Japanese noble) of the Heian period. His mother was a daughter of Fujiwara no Kintō . Although his father Norimichi was regent of Emperor Go-Sanjo and Emperor Shirakawa , Nobunaga could not become regent.
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.
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 ...