Murasaki Shikibu

Mu·ra·sa·ki Shi·ki·bu  (mrä-säk shk-b), Baroness 978?-1031?

Japanese writer whose masterpiece The Tale of Genji is considered to be the greatest work of Japanese fiction and the first full novel.

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Murasaki Shikibu [ˌmʊərɑːˈsɑːkiː ˈʃiːkiːˌbuː]

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(Biographies / Murasaki Shikibu (11th-century-11th-century) F, Japanese, WRITING: writer) 11th-century Japanese court lady, author of The Tale of Genji, perhaps the world's first novel