aki ' s ▁di ary ▁covers ▁a ▁discrete ▁period , ▁most ▁likely ▁from ▁ 1 0 0 8 ▁to ▁ 1 0 1 0 . ▁Only ▁short ▁and ▁fragment ary ▁pieces ▁of ▁the ▁di ary ▁surv ive ▁and ▁its ▁importance ▁lies , ▁in ▁part , ▁in ▁the ▁revel ations ▁about ▁the ▁author , ▁about ▁whom ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁known ▁bi ographical ▁facts ▁come ▁from ▁it ▁and ▁from ▁her ▁c .   1 0 1 4 ▁short ▁poetry ▁collection , ▁the ▁Mur as aki ▁Sh ik ib u ▁sh ū ▁( or ▁Po etic ▁Mem oir s ). ▁ ▁Mur as aki ' s ▁given ▁name ▁is ▁unknown . ▁Women ▁were ▁often ▁identified ▁by ▁their ▁rank ▁or ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁husband ▁or ▁another ▁close ▁male ▁relative . ▁" M uras aki " ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁her ▁at ▁court , ▁from ▁a ▁character ▁in ▁T ale ▁of ▁the ▁Gen ji ; ▁" Sh ik ib u " ▁denotes ▁her ▁father ' s ▁rank ▁at ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Cer emon ial ▁( Sh ik ib u - sh ō ). ▁A ▁member ▁of ▁a ▁minor ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁Fu ji w ara ▁cl an , ▁her ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁scholar ▁of ▁Chinese ▁literature ▁who ▁educated ▁both ▁his ▁children ▁in ▁classical ▁Chinese , ▁although ▁educ ating ▁a ▁female ▁child ▁was ▁exceed ingly ▁un common . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁ 9 9 8 ▁Mur as aki ▁married ▁Fu ji w ara ▁no ▁Nob ut aka ▁( c . ▁ 9 5 0 ▁– ▁c . ▁ 1 0