List of Famous people with last name Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu

First Name Murasaki

Last Name Shikibu

Died on November 30, 1013

Born in Japan, Kyōto Prefecture

Murasaki Shikibu 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, widely considered to be the world's first novel, 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 Kaoruko , who was mentioned in a 1007 court diary as an imperial lady-in-waiting.

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Izumi Shikibu

First Name Izumi

Last Name Shikibu

Born on January 1, 0976

Died on January 1, 1033 (aged 57)

Izumi Shikibu was a mid-Heian period Japanese poet. She is a member of the Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals . She was the contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, and Akazome Emon at the court of empress Joto Mon'in.

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