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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
• YÅ«tarō Furutachi as Fujiwara no Michitō
• Ryutarou Akimoto as Fujiwara no Yoshinobu
• Nanami Taki as Fujiwara no Yoshiko
• YÅ«dai 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

• RyÅ«ji 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'yÅ«, 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-ChÅ«jō 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
• YÅ«suke Santamaria as Abe no Haruakira, a.k.a. Abe no Seimei
• Daiki as Sumaru
• Katsuya Maiguma as Naohide
• Masumi Nomura as Sawa
• San'yÅ«tei KoyÅ«za 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 ChÅ«jō
• YÅ« 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

Omnibus

Notes

References

External links