Murasaki Shikibu (Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages)
Early Life
Murasaki Shikibu began her life in the late tenth century when the Fujiwara family dominated politics at the capital of Kyoto. Controlling the posts of chancellor and regent, the Fujiwara permitted the emperors to reign but not rule. Moreover, the Fujiwara influenced the succession to the throne by marrying their daughters into the imperial line. Fujiwara no Michinaga, the most powerful family member in the mid-Heian period, married four of his daughters to emperors and was the grandfather of three emperors.
Fujiwara no Tametoki (born c. 945) was a member of a...
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