Cōdae · Lady Murasaki (Biwa to Kyoto) Released today: "Lady Murasaki (Biwa to Kyoto)" Who were the world's first novelists? In Japan, the first person to write a work of fiction in the form of a novel was Lady Murasaki Shikibu, who lived in the 11th century AD/CE and wrote the famous work of Japanese … Continue reading Loneliness and Sadness in Ancient Japan- “Lady Murasaki”
