roricomics:#100Days100Women Day 35: Murasaki Shikibu, author of the Tale of Genji, the world’s first
roricomics:#100Days100Women Day 35: Murasaki Shikibu, author of the Tale of Genji, the world’s first* novel. As a prolific poet and diarist and female member of the Heian Royal Court, she also contributed to some of the oldest Japanese literature: http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/modules/lesson2/lesson2.php?s=0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murasaki_Shikibu*there’s debate around this, like always. -- source link
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