Author:Murasaki Shikibu

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Murasaki Shikibu
(970s – 11th century)

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Lady Murasaki (紫式部) Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting of the Heian period

Works

The Tale of Genji (several translations)
"The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu," translated by Annie Shepley Omori and Kōchi Doi in Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan (1920)
"⁠meguri-aite", poem 57 in Hyakunin Isshu, (ed.) by Fujiwara no Teika (13th c.)
Poetic Memoirs

Works about Murasaki

"Genji Monogatari", Book 3, Chapter 4 of A History of Japanese Literature by William George Aston (1899)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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