Murasaki Shikibu
(973?–1014?), Japanese writer. Murasaki Shikibu wrote the undisputed masterpiece of Japanese literature Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji, 1001?–1014?). This monumenta...
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Murasaki Shikibu (ca. 976-ca. 1031) was a Japanese writer of the late Heian period. Her "The Tale of Genji," the world's first psychological novel, is one of the longest and most distinguished masterp...
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Edward G. Seidensticker, known for his English translation of
the classic ''Tale of Genji'' and translations of works by modern
Japanese authors such as Yasunari Kawabata, died at a Tokyo hos...
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Murasaki Shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu
LEAD: Seidensticker, translator of Japanese literary works, dies at 86
