紫式部

Murasaki is from the color of the 藤 (fuji, “Wisteria floribunda”), hinting the novelist's connection to the 藤原 (Fujiwara) clan; while Shikibu refers to 式部省 (Shikibu-shō, “Ministry of Ceremonial Affairs”).

The beautyberry sense is named in honor in the novelist.

• (Tokyo) むらさきしき​ぶ [mùrásákí shíkíꜜbù] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠sa̠kʲi ɕikʲibɯ̟ᵝ]

紫式部 (hiragana むらさきしきぶ, rōmaji Murasaki Shikibu)

1. Heian-period novelist, poet, and lady-in-waiting; famous for authoring The Tale of Genji
   • c. 1235, Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (poem 57 by Murasaki Shikibu)

     めぐりあひて見 (み)しやそれともわかぬ間 (ま)に雲 (くも)隠 (がく)れにし夜 (よ)半 (は)の月 (つき)かな

     meguri-aite mishi ya soretomo wakanu ma ni kumogakure-ni-shi yowa no tsuki kana

     Just like the moon, you had come and gone before I knew it. Were you, too, hiding among the midnight clouds?[2]

     [Note: Adapted from Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 16, poem 1499) with the last line originally 夜半の月影 (yowa no tsukikage, “Just like the moonlight... hiding among the midnight clouds.”).]

   Synonyms: 紫女 (Shijo), 紫 (Murasaki)

• 紫 (むらさき)式 (しき)部 (ぶ)集 (しゅう) (Murasaki Shikibu-shū)
• 紫 (むらさき)式 (しき)部 (ぶ)日 (にっ)記 (き) (Murasaki Shikibu Nikki)
• 紫 (むらさき)式 (しき)部 (ぶ)文 (ぶん)学 (がく)賞 (しょう) (Murasaki Shikibu Bungakushō)

紫式部 (hiragana むらさきしきぶ, katakana ムラサキシキブ, rōmaji murasaki shikibu)

1. the East Asian or Japanese beautyberry, Callicarpa japonica

   Synonym: 実紫 (mimurasaki)

   Hypernym: 熊葛 (kumatsuzura)