Murasaki in a sentence

In her fictionalized account of Murasaki's life, The Tale of Murasaki: A Novel, Liza Dalby has Murasaki involved in a romance during her travels with her father to Echizen Province.

George Aston explains that when Murasaki retired from court she was again associated with Ishiyama-dera: "To this beautiful spot, it is said, Murasaki no Shikibu retired from court life to devote the remainder of her days to literature and religion.

Teishi died in 1001, before Murasaki entered service with Shōshi, so the two writers were not there concurrently, but Murasaki, who wrote about Shōnagon in her diary, certainly knew of her, and to an extent was influenced by her.

The man, Murasaki, guides Toyohisa into a different world, where he joins a band of other transported warriors from across history.

Also part of the exhibit is this illustration from ‘The Tale of Genji,’ also known as Japan’s oldest novel, which was written by the noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in 1020.

Although she was part of the huge and almost omnipotent Fujiwara family, her given names were not recorded; Murasaki Shikibu is a nickname formulated later.

Kana calligraphy was even used to write the 11th century epic tale “The Tale of Genji,” which is often called the as it was one of the first major examples of long-form fiction,and was authored by a woman — lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu.

In the OVA “The Plot of the Fuma Clan,” we see Goemon already engaged to be married to Murasaki Suminawa.

Adolphson (2007), 110 Bowring writes it was "almost subversive" that Murasaki knew Chinese and taught the language to Shōshi.

Adolphson (2007), 111 Murasaki's mother was descended from the same branch of northern Fujiwara as Tametoki.

Although Murasaki used Chinese and incorporated it in her writing, she publicly rejected the language, a commendable attitude during a period of burgeoning Japanese culture.

As a married woman Murasaki would have had servants to run the household and care for her daughter, giving her ample leisure time.

Bowring (1996), xv–xvii Ichijō's mother and Michinaga's sister, Senshi, had an influential salon, and Michinaga probably wanted Shōshi to surround herself with skilled women such as Murasaki to build a rival salon.

Bowring (2004), 79 Legacy Murasaki's reputation and influence have not diminished since her lifetime when she, with other Heian women writers, was instrumental in developing Japanese into a written language.

Chieko Mulhern writes in Japanese Women Writers, a Biocritical Sourcebook that scholars have wondered why Murasaki made such a move at a comparatively late period in her life.

Despite the loss of status, the family had a reputation among the literati through Murasaki's paternal great-grandfather and grandfather, both of whom were well-known poets.

Entries in Murasaki's diary show that the two may not have been on good terms.

Gregarious and well known at court, he was involved in numerous romantic relationships that may have continued after his marriage to Murasaki.

Helen McCullough describes Murasaki's writing as of universal appeal and believes The Tale of Genji "transcends both its genre and age.

Henshall (1999), 27 Keene speculates that in her tale of the "shining prince", Murasaki may have created for herself an idealistic escape from court life, which she found less than savory.