Murasaki Shikibu

[ moo-rah-sah-kee shee-kee-boo ]

/ ˈmu rɑˈsɑ ki ˈʃi kiˌbu /

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noun

Lady, 978?–1031?, Japanese poet and novelist.

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How to use Murasaki Shikibu in a sentence

Izumi Shikibu is as unlike Murasaki Shikibu as could well happen.
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I have already shown Murasaki Shikibu's beautiful taste in dress, but indeed it is in everything.
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Murasaki Shikibu records the astounding pitch to which it had reached in a passage in her diary.
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We know no more of Murasaki Shikibu except that no shade of scandal ever tinged her name.
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Murasaki Shikibu was the daughter of Fujiwara Tametoki, a scion of a junior branch of the famous family.
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British Dictionary definitions for Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu

/ (ˌmʊərɑːˈsɑːkiː ˈʃiːkiːˌbuː) /

noun

11th-century Japanese court lady, author of The Tale of Genji, perhaps the world's first novel

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