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This author describes a boy born in a room covered in silver fabric in a fictional novel by Liza Dalby. In a translation by Edward Seidensticker, a character created by this author imagines plucking a “wild little plant” before his wife is murdered by a “living (20[1])phantom.” A protagonist created by this author exchanges poems with a married woman named (*) Cicada who refuses to have an affair. This author (10[1])is named for purple wisteria flowers, which also named a kidnapped girl from the Fujitsobo family. (10[1])In a novel by this author, a “shining prince” disappears (10[1])in the blank chapter “Vanished into the Clouds.” For 10 points, name this author of The Tale of Genji. ■END■

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