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Murasaki Shikibu

[moo-rah-sah-kee shee-kee-boo]
noun
  1. Lady,978?–1031?, Japanese poet and novelist.
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Murasaki Shikibu

noun
  1. 11th-century Japanese court lady, author of The Tale of Genji, perhaps the world's first novel
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