Shikibu Murasaki /紫 式部

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About : A writer and poet in the Heian Period. The exact circumstances of her life are unknown. She has written works such as "The Tale of Genji", "Lady Murasaki Collection" and "The Diary of Lady Murasaki". Her poems are also selected for the "Later Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Poems" as well as subsequent poem anthologies.