Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist and poet who lived around the late 10th and early 11th centuries and is best known for writing *The Tale of Genji*, one of the world's oldest novels. Her work is considered a landmark of Japanese literature and continues to be studied and celebrated for its psychological depth and artistic sophistication.
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Murasaki Shikibu (紫 式部, English: Lady Murasaki; c. 973 or 978 – c. 1014 or 1031) 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 descriptive name; her personal name is unknown, but she may have been Fujiwara no Takako (藤原…
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紫式部(日语:紫式部/むらさきしきぶ Murasaki Shikibu */?,973年-1014年)是日本平安時代的小說家、歌人及宮廷,以《源氏物語》為人所知;《源氏物語》成書於約1000年(長保二年)至1012年(寬弘九年),並受學界普遍認可為世界首部長篇小说。“紫式部”為後人所起,本名不詳,惟根據1007年2月19日(寬弘四年正月二十九日)《御堂關白記》所載,可能為藤原香子(藤原 香子/ふじわらのかおりこ/たかこ/こうし Fujiwara no Kaoriko/Takako/Kōshi)。 平安時代女性一般不能學習朝廷使用的漢文,但紫式部自小在博學的父親家中長大,漢文流利,很早展現古典文學天分。她嫁給年長二十餘歲的,並在兩年後生下女兒藤原賢子(後人稱“大貳三位”),再兩年後喪夫。她開始撰寫《源氏物語》的時間尚不確定,很可能是婚後或喪夫後。她可能因作家美名於约1005年(寬弘二年)獲藤原道長邀請到宮中擔任一條院中宮藤原彰子的女房,她繼續創作,把宮廷生活寫入作品中。她在五或六年後離開宮廷,與彰子隱退琵琶湖一帶。學者對其卒年有不同看法:大部分學者認同其終於1014年(長和三年),也有其他學者稱其於1031年(長元四年)仍在世。 紫式部撰寫了《源氏物語》、《紫式部日記》與多首和歌。《源氏物語》成書十年內就在各令制國風行,一個世紀内即成為日本文学經典,引起學術界關注。《源氏物語》在20世紀初始有譯本,其中英語譯本分六冊、在1933年完成。其作品反映平安時代高峰期的宮廷圈子,重要性長期獲學者認可。日本藝術家和著名浮世繪木版畫家自13世紀開始將其作品繪成繪卷。
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Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部; c. 973–c. 1014 or 1025), or Lady Murasaki as she is often known in English, was a Japanese novelist, poet, and a maid of honor of 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 1008, one of the earliest novels in human history. "Murasaki Shikibu" was not her real name, which is unknown. Some scholars have postulated that her given name might have been Fujiwara Takako <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Murasaki+Shikibu">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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