is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Yuriko Yoshitaka as Murasaki Shikibu. The series is the 63rd NHK taiga drama.

Cast

Starring role Yuriko Yoshitaka as Murasaki Shikibu. In the series, she is called Mahiro. Miyuko Ochii as young Mahiro

Her family Gorō Kishitani as Fujiwara no Tametoki, Mahiro's father Ryōko Kuninaka as Chiyaha, Mahiro's mother Mahiro Takasugi as Fujiwara no Nobunori, Mahiro's brother Kōki Yuda as Tarō (young Nobunori) Kuranosuke Sasaki as Fujiwara no Nobutaka, Mahiro's husband Sara Minami as Fujiwara no Katako (Daini no Sanmi), Mahiro's daughter Tarō Yabe as Otomaru Seijun Nobukawa as Ito

Michinaga's family Tasuku Emoto as Fujiwara no Michinaga Kousei Kimura as young Michinaga Yasunori Danta as Fujiwara no Kaneie, Michinaga's father Kotono Mitsuishi as Tokihime, Michinaga's mother Arata Iura as Fujiwara no Michitaka, Michinaga's brother Yuka Itaya as Takashina no Takako, Michitaka's wife Yusuke Kamiji as Fujiwara no Michitsuna, Michinaga's half brother Naomi Zaizen as Fujiwara no Yasuko, Michitsuna's mother Reo Tamaoki as Fujiwara no Michikane, Michitsuna's brother Yō Yoshida as Fujiwara no Akiko (Senshi), Michinaga's sister. Mitsuki Takahata as Fujiwara no Sadako, Michitaka's daughter Tampopo Nakamura as young Sadako (around 12 years old) Himari Kimura as young Sadako (around 8 years old) Keisuke Watanabe as Fujiwara no Yorimichi, Michinaga's eldest son Shohei Miura as Fujiwara no Korechika, Michitaka's eldest son Ruka Matsuda as Minamoto no Ikuko, Korechika's wife Yume Takeuchi as Fujiwara no Mitsuko Ryo Ryusei as Fujiwara no Takaie, Michitaka's second son Kumi Takiuchi as Minamoto no Akiko, Michinaga's another wife Chikara Honda as Mozuhiko Mitsuomi Takahashi as Fujiwara no Yoshichika, Michinaga's cousin Ichirōta Miyagawa as Fujiwara no Akimitsu, Michinaga's cousin Takayuki Sakoi as Taira no Korenaka Anna Kurasawa as Fujiwara no Kiyoko Kaisei Kamimura as Fujiwara no Yorimune Masaki Himekomatsu as Fujiwara no Norimichi Saku Momose as Fujiwara no Akinobu Yūtarō Furutachi as Fujiwara no Michitō Ryutarou Akimoto as Fujiwara no Yoshinobu Nanami Taki as Fujiwara no Yoshiko Yūdai Toyoda as Fujiwara no Nagaie

Uda Genji Haru Kuroki as Minamoto no Tomoko, Michinaga's legal wife Tōru Masuoka as Minamoto no Masanobu, Tomoko's father Mako Ishino as Fujiwara no Mutsuko, Tomoko's 's mother

Michinaga's colleagues Ryūji Akiyama as Fujiwara no Sanesuke Keita Machida as Fujiwara no Kintō Satoshi Kanada as Fujiwara no Tadanobu Daichi Watanabe as Fujiwara no Yukinari Daisuke Honda as Minamoto no Toshikata Jun Hashizume as Fujiwara no Yoritada Masanobu Sakata as Fujiwara no Tamemitsu Ryujin Suzuki as Minamoto no Shigenobu Yoshihiro Kurita as Fujiwara no Fuminori

Emperors and their families Bandō Minosuke II as Emperor En'yū, the 64th emperor Kanata Hongō as Emperor Kazan, the 65th emperor Shunta Itō as Prince Morosada (young Kazan) Akihisa Shiono as Emperor Ichijō, the 66th emperor Hinata Hiiragi as young Emperor Ichijō (around 12 years old) Haru Takagi as Prince Yasuhito (young Ichijō, around 10 years old) Kataoka Sennosuke as Prince Atsuyasu Kai Watanabe as young Atsuyasu Tatsunari Kimura as Emperor Sanjō, the 67th emperor Sakura Inoue as Fujiwara no Yoshiko Shizuka Nakamura as Fujiwara no Nobuko Seia Yasuda as Fujiwara no Motoko Aki Asakura as Fujiwara no Sukeko Tatsumi Asa as Prince Atsuakira Hinako Tanaka as Queen Takahime Yukino Kaizu as Princess Nagako Hinata Takano as Emperor Go-Ichijō, the 68th emperor Ise Hashimoto as Prince Atsuhira (young Go-Ichijō, around 12 years old) Ren Ishizuka as Prince Atsuhira (young Go-Ichijō, around 8 years old) Aoi Hamada as Prince Atsuhira (young Go-Ichijō, around 5 years old)

Empress Akiko and the women who serve her Ai Mikami as Empress Akiko (Shōshi), Michinaga's daughter and Emperor Ichijō's wife Rika Izumi as Izumi Shikibu Kinako Kobayashi as Miya no Senji Rena Mashita as Dainagon no Kimi Kaori Seto as Saishō no Kimi Natsu Fukui as Koshōshō no Kimi Rio Kanno as Saemon no Naishi Ui as Uma-no-Chūjō no Kimi

Song dynasty Haogo (Koji Yano) as Zhu Rencong Kouhei Matsushita as Zhou Ming

Others First Summer Uika as Sei Shōnagon. In the series, she is called Kikyō. Hiroshi Ōmori as Kiyohara no Motosuke, Kikyō's father Kaname Ouki as Akazome Emon Yūsuke Santamaria as Abe no Haruakira, a.k.a. Abe no Seimei Daiki as Sumaru Katsuya Maiguma as Naohide Masumi Nomura as Sawa San'yūtei Koyūza as Eshi, a painter Kayo Noro as Nui Kanro Morita as Minamoto no Kunimori Atsumi Tanezaki as cockatoo voice Takamasa Tamaki as Minamoto no Mitsumasa Yu Tokui as Ōno Kunikatsu Junpei Yasui as Mikuni no Wakamaro Takenori Kaneko as Hayanari Kento Ogura as Tsunekata Kentarō Itō as Sōjumaru Miyu Yagyu as Toshiko, Kintō's wife Shoichiro Akaboshi as Jōchō Ryuhei Watabe as Kyōri Ozuno Nakamura as Taira no Muneyori Masashi Taniguchi as Ōe no Masahira Chinami Nishimura as a Myōbu Nao Kosaka as Saiin no Chūjō Yū Kamio as Taira no Tamekata Sakura Kiryu as Sugawara no Takasue's daughter Aina Yamada as Fujiwara no Nobuko Masayuki Deai as Fujiwara no Tomochika Kenji Matsuda as Fujiwara no Suketaka Shinji Asakura as Ōkura no Taneki Kenta Uchino as Taira no Muneyuki Kunihiro Suda as Takarabe no Hironobu Norihito Kaneko as Ōga no Morimiya Biyori Moriya as Fun'ya no Tadamitsu Tyson Ohya as Jōkaku Shohei Ueki as Minamoto no Michikata

TV schedule EpisodeTitleDirected byOriginal airdateRating1Yuki Nakajima12.7%212.0%312.4%4Yoshiharu Sasaki11.3%5Satoru Nakaizumi11.7%6Rintarō Mayuzumi11.0%7Yuki Nakajima10.9%8Yoshiharu Sasaki10.8%9Satoru Nakaizumi11.2%10Rintarō Mayuzumi10.3%11Yuki Nakajima11.4%12Yoshiharu Sasaki10.6%13Satoru Nakaizumi10.9%14Rintarō Mayuzumi10.8%15Yuki Nakajima10.7%16Eisuke Hara10.5%17Yoshiharu Sasaki10.1%18Satoru Nakaizumi9.4%19Rintarō Mayuzumi10.8%20Yuki Nakajima11.2%21Eisuke Hara10.7%22Yoshiharu Sasaki10.7%23Satoru Nakaizumi11.4%24Yūki Sahara10.7%25Yuki Nakajima10.1%26Rintarō Mayuzumi10.9%27Yoshiharu Sasaki11.0%28Satoru Nakaizumi11.1%29Yūki Sahara10.0%30Yuki Nakajima10.3%3110.3%32Rintarō Mayuzumi11.2%33Yoshiharu Sasaki10.4%34Hitoshi Matsumoto11.2%35Satoru Nakaizumi10.3%36Yōji Tanaka10.5%37Yuki Nakajima10.7%38Rintarō Mayuzumi11.2%39Yoshiharu Sasaki10.2%40Hitoshi Matsumoto9.8%41Yōji Tanaka9.5%42Yuki Nakajima9.1%43Akihiro Watanabe10.3%44Rintarō Mayuzumi10.2%45Yoshiharu Sasaki10.1%46Yuki Nakajima9.7%47Yōji Tanaka10.0%48Yuki Nakajima11.0%Average rating 10.7% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).

Omnibus EpisodeTitleOriginal airdateOriginal airtime1December 29, 202412:05 - 13:00213:05 - 13:48313:48 - 14:314 14:31 - 15:15515:20 - 16:03

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