1. With Shōshi at the Biwa Mansion

   1013-01-01 · Biwa Mansion, Kyoto, Japan

   

   After Emperor Ichijō’s death, Murasaki remained associated with Empress Shōshi and is specifically recorded with her at the Fujiwara Biwa Mansion in 1013. The cited biography calls this a Fujiwara mansion in Biwa. The precise historical site is uncertain; coordinates are a representative point for the traditional Kyoto-area identification of the Biwa residence.

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