1. MurasakiMurasaki refers to both the heroine of the Genji Monogatari, and the book's author, Murasaki Shikibu. In both cases the name is a pseudonym, and the real names are unknown. In the court manners of the time, it was considered unacceptably familiar and vulgar, to freely address people by their personal name, or even by their clan's name.
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Read “紫の上” on Japanese Wikipedia
Read “Murasaki” on DBpedia
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