Journey with her father to Echizen
· Echizen Province (present-day Echizen, Fukui), Japan
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported · file When her father received the governorship of Echizen Province, Murasaki traveled with him from Kyoto, an unusual long-distance journey for an aristocratic woman of the period. The evidence establishes presence in Echizen Province, not a specific residence; coordinates are a representative point in present-day Echizen City.
