Murasaki Shikibu

973 – 1014

Wrote *The Tale of Genji*, a foundational extended work of psychological prose fiction and Japanese court literature.

• c. 973/978–c. 1014/1031

  Wrote *The Tale of Genji*, a foundational extended work of psychological prose fiction and Japanese court literature

  Wrote *The Tale of Genji*, a foundational extended work of psychological prose fiction and Japanese court literature.