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Murasaki Shikibu

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

noun

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


Murasaki Shikibu

/ ˌmʊərɑːˈsɑːkiː ˈʃiːkiːˌbuː /

noun

  1. Murasaki Shikibu11th-century11th-centuryFJapaneseWRITING: writer 11th-century Japanese court lady, author of The Tale of Genji, perhaps the world's first novel


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