Murasaki Shikibu
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Murasaki Shikibu (紫 式部 973? - 1025? or d.992?) was a novelist, poet, and servant of the imperial court during the Heian period of Japan. She is well known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written around year 1000. It is one of the earliest novels in Japanese.
