Murasaki Shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period. She was best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, widely considered to be one of the world's first novels, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012. Murasaki Shikibu is a descriptive name; her personal name is unknown, but she may have been Fujiwara no Kaoruko (藤原香子), who was mentioned in a 1007 court diary as an imperial lady-in-waiting.
The Tale of Genji
In a world of imperial courtships, jealousy, and loss, a nobleman navigates love and life, forever marked by his mother's tragic fate.
By Murasaki Shikibu
The Sacred Tree: Being the Second Part of 'The Tale of Genji'
** Amidst despair and longing, a nobleman seeks to rekindle a forbidden love, only to be faced with the echoes of their past and the rigid constraints of society.
By Murasaki Shikibu