Murasaki Shikibu 紫式部
court lady · novelist · Heian Japan · 973?–1014?
The court lady who wrote The Tale of Genji. She kept a diary while serving Empress Shoshi, whose family was the rival of the empress Sei Shonagon served.
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Sei Shonagon, now, was a person who put on a very knowing face. She made such a show of cleverness, scattering Chinese characters about, yet if you look closely there is still a great deal wanting.
清少納言こそ、したり顔にいみじうはべりける人。さばかりさかしだち、真名書きちらしてはべるほども、よく見れば、まだいと足らぬこと多かり。The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu
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