Lady murasaki shikibu biography of mahatma
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Murasaki Shikibu (c. –c.Lady murasaki shikibu biography of mahatma
)
Japanese novelist and poet whose greatest accomplishment, The Tale of Genji, is both the world's oldest known novel and an insightful portrait of the life of the imperial court of Heian Japan—the country's "golden age."Name variations: Lady Murasaki.
Pronunciation: Moo-rah-SAH-kee Shee-KEE-boo. Born around (some sources cite , , or ) in Rozanji, Kamigyo-ku, Japan; died around (some sources cite or ), in Japan; daughter of Fujiwara no Tametoki (a court official) and an unknown mother; married Fujiwara no Nobutaka (a court official), c.
; children: a daughter, Masako or Kenshi (sources differ as to her name), known later as Daini no Sanmi (–after ).
Traditionally thought to have begun work on her novel The Tale of Genji sometime after the death of her husband Nobutaka of the plague (); entered imperial service as a lady-in-waiting to the Empress Shoshi (c.
–06); compiled her Diary and composed poems (c. –10).
The first known novel in Asian