Quote of the day
The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.
Murasaki Shikibu

Born: 978
Died: 1016 (aged 38)
Bio: 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, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012.
Known for:
- The Tale of Genji (1008)
- The Diary of Lady Murasaki
- Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
- Wine Cups on the Stream
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