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Murasaki is the Japanese word for:

• Lithospermum erythrorhizon (ムラサキ), commonly called purple gromwell
• the colour purple (紫)

It may also refer to:

People

• Murasaki Shikibu, author of The Tale of Genji
  • Murasaki no Ue, one of the main character in The Tale of Genji
• Murasaki Yamada, Japanese feminist essayist, manga artist, and poet
• Murasaki Fujima, Japanese actress

Fictional characters

• Lady Murasaki, a character from Tom Harris's Hannibal Rising
• Murasaki Kimidori, a character from the anime and manga series Dr. Slump
• Ninja Murasaki, a member of the Red Ribbon Army in the anime and manga series Dragon Ball
• Murasaki Kuhōin, a character from the light novel, anime and manga series Kure-nai
• Akane Kurashiki, who is nicknamed "Murasaki" in Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Books

• The Murasaki Shikibu Diary, diary written by Murasaki Shikibu
• Murasaki (novel), a 1992 science fiction novel by several authors, edited by Robert Silverberg

Colours and dyes

• Fujimurasaki, nisemurasaki, kokimurasaki, murasaki, umemurasaki and murasakitobi, names for a number of shades of purple considered to be part of the traditional colors of Japan
• Kokimurasaki, the outerwear color of 1st rank aristocrats in the forbidden colors system of the Japanese Imperial Court from the 10th–11th century until the Meiji period (1867–1911)
• The Japanese word for Lithospermum erythrorhizon (purple gromwell) or the dye or made from its root

Other uses

• Murasaki (crater), a crater on planet Mercury, named after Murasaki Shikibu
• A station on the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line
• Murasaki 312, a fictional space phenomenon in Star Trek: The Original Series.

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