Ordinary Women: Daring to Defy History

Name: The Groundbreaking Life of Murasaki Shikibu
Released: 2016-10-12

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Episode 2: The Groundbreaking Life of Murasaki Shikibu

October 12, 2016

In 10th century Japan, literary prodigy Murasaki Shikibu wrote the first modern novel at a time when women’s names were rarely even written down.

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