{"slug": "murasaki-shikibu", "label": "Murasaki Shikibu", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murasaki_Shikibu", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81731", "qid": "Q81731", "description": "Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [973, 1009], "span_label": ["973 CE", "1009 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japanese-poetry", "label": "Japanese poetry", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "empress-shoshi", "label": "Empress Shōshi", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 973, "year_label": "973 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Murasaki Shikibu, Japanese poet and lady-in-waiting (or 978)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354273404#Births", "title": "973", "revid": 1354273404, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 978, "year_label": "978 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Murasaki Shikibu, Japanese poet and lady-in-waiting (or 973)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272344#Births", "title": "978", "revid": 1365272344, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Murasaki Shikibu starts to write The Tale of Genji.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Japan", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Events › Japan"}}, {"year": 1007, "year_label": "1007 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – Ranking ceremony of Murasaki Shikibu – as a renowned writer and lady-in-waiting, tutor of Empress Shōshi, she is elevated to the highest position in the palace below the empress.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910071#Japan", "title": "1007", "revid": 1341910071, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 1008, "year_label": "1008 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 13", "text": "November 13 – Kamo Special Festival: The poet Murasaki Shikibu is given her name from a famous court poet, Fujiwara no Kinto; this year she probably starts to write The Diary of Lady Murasaki.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910052#Japan", "title": "1008", "revid": 1341910052, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 1009, "year_label": "1009 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Murasaki Shikibu teaches the Chinese written language to Empress Shoshi in secret because this is usually a male accomplishment.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910037#Japan", "title": "1009", "revid": 1341910037, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}]}