Japan: Lady Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973-1025), poet and novelist. Ukiyo-e woodblock print from the series 'Mirror of Women, Ancient and Modern' by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (30 April 1839 - 9 June 1892), c. 1876. Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at 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 1012. Murasaki Shikibu is a nickname; her real name is unknown, but she may have been Fujiwara Takako, who was mentioned in a 1007 court diary as an imperial lady-in-waiting.

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