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ArtistMurasaki Shikibu, 11th century Japanese writer, long oval face with a very high forehead and fuller jowls, large dark eyes widely set, her natural eyebrows have been shaved off and she wears court make up of two kohl lines like extremely high eyebrows a short distance beneath her hairline, her polished, long straight black hair flows to the floor, Murasaki Shikibu wears a silken court dress of the period composed of 12 layers of silk, the outermost layer is orchid colored, she sits at a low, Japanese writing desk, Heian period Japanese scroll, pigments on gilded wood
Depiction of Murasaki Shikibu by Tosa Mitsuoki