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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF EVENTS
CONNECTED WITH THE DIARIES
| 974. | Izumi Shikibu, the daughter of Masamune, Governor of the Province of Echizen, born. |
| 977. | Prince Tametaka (future lover of Izumi Shikibu) born. |
| 978. | Prince Atsumichi (future lover of Izumi Shikibu) born. Murasaki Shikibu, daughter of Fujiwara Tametoki, born. |
| 980. | Prince Yasuhito (afterwards the Mikado Ichijo) born. |
| 988. | Akiko, Michinaga's first daughter, born. |
| 990. | Sadako, daughter of Michinaga's eldest brother Michitaka, comes to the Court, and later becomes Queen to Mikado Ichijo. |
| 991. | Sei-Shōnagon comes to Court as one of Queen Sadako's ladies. |
| 994. | Prince Atsumichi comes of age and marries the third daughter of Michitaka. |
| 995. | Izumi Shikibu marries Tachibana Michisada. Prince Atsumichi divorces his first wife. |
| 996. | Prince Atsumichi marries again. |
| 997. | Murasaki Shikibu goes to Echizen with her father who has been made Governor of the Province. Akiko joins the Court. |
| 998. | Murasaki Shikibu returns to Kiōto. |
| 999. | Murasaki Shikibu marries Fujiwara Nobutaka. |
| 1000. | Akiko made second queen. Murasaki Shikibu's daughter born. |
| 1001. | Pestilence. Murasaki Shikibu's husband dies. |
| 1002. | Murasaki Shikibu probably began the writing of the "Genji Monogatari." Sei-Shōnagon probably began the "Makura-no-Sōshi." |
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