Shikibu

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Example sentences from the Web for Shikibu

• The former, by Murasaki no Shikibu—probably a pseudonym—was the first novel composed in Japan.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2|Various

• Murasaki was not her real name, which was apparently To Shikibu (Shikibu is a title) derived from that of her father.

  Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan|Various