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  <name><![CDATA[Murasaki Shikibu]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Murasaki Shikibu, or Lady Murasaki as she is sometimes known in English, was a Japanese novelist, poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1008, one of the earliest and most famous novels in human history. &quot;Murasaki Shikibu&quot; was not her real name; her actual name is unknown, though some scholars have postulated that her given name might have been Takako (for Fujiwara Takako). Her diary states that she was nicknamed &quot;Murasaki&quot; (&quot;purple wisteria blossom&quot;) at court, after a character in The Tale of Genji. &quot;Shikibu&quot; refers to her father's position in the Bureau of Ceremony (shikibu-shō).


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      <name><![CDATA[Royall  Tyler]]></name>
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  <published>1021</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Diary of Lady Murasaki]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A String of Flowers, Untied... Love Poems from The Tale of Genji]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Murasaki Shikibu, Her Diary and Poetic Memoirs: A Translation and Study]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Murasaki Shikibu]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[La historia de Genji Vol.2]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Murasaki Shikibu]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jordi Fibla]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Momiji no ga ; Hana no en ; Aoi]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Murasaki Shikibu]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Povest o Gendzi =: Gendzi monogatari : v 4-kh knigakh]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Murasaki Shikibu]]></name>
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  <published>1991</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Poèmes]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Murasaki Shikibu]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Journal]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Murasaki Shikibu]]></name>
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  <published>1978</published>  
  
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