Famous People with Name Shiki

Masaoka Shiki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaoka Shiki: was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, literary critic, and journalist in Meiji period Japan. His real name was Masaoka Tsunenori (?? ??), but as a child he was called Tokoronosuke (???). Later, he changed his own name Noboru (?).

Murasaki Shikibu            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Murasaki Shikibu: as she is sometimes known in English, was a Japanese novelist, poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1008, one of the earliest novels in human history.Murasaki Shikibu" was not her real name, which is unknown. Some scholars have postulated that her given name might have been Takako (for Fujiwara Takako). Her diary states that she was nicknamed "Murasaki" ("purple wisteria blossom") at court, after a character in The Tale of Genji. "Shikibu" refers to her father's position in the Bureau of Ceremony (shikibu-sho).

Gennady Serafimovich Shikin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Gennady Serafimovich Shikin: is a Soviet and Russian diplomat.From 24 October 1986 to 24 May 1990, Shikin was Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Austria,and from 25 December 1991 to 29 January 1996 he was Ambassador of Russia to Yugoslavia.