Murasaki

Murasaki is the Japanese word for:
 * Lithospermum erythrorhizon (ムラサキ), commonly called purple gromwell
 * the colour purple (紫)

It may also refer to:

People

 * Murasaki Shikibu, author of The Tale of Genji
 * Murasaki no Ue, one of the main character in The Tale of Genji
 * Murasaki Yamada, Japanese feminist essayist, manga artist, and poet
 * Murasaki Fujima, Japanese actress

Fictional characters

 * Lady Murasaki, a character from Tom Harris's Hannibal Rising
 * Murasaki Kimidori, a character from the anime and manga series Dr. Slump
 * Ninja Murasaki, a member of the Red Ribbon Army in the anime and manga series Dragon Ball
 * Murasaki Kuhōin, a character from the light novel, anime and manga series
 * Akane Kurashiki, who is nicknamed "Murasaki" in Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Books

 * The Murasaki Shikibu Diary, diary written by Murasaki Shikibu
 * Murasaki (novel), a 1992 science fiction novel by several authors, edited by Robert Silverberg

Colours and dyes

 * and, names for a number of shades of purple considered to be part of the traditional colors of Japan
 * , the outerwear color of 1st rank aristocrats in the forbidden colors system of the Japanese Imperial Court from the 10th–11th century until the Meiji period (1867–1911)
 * The Japanese word for Lithospermum erythrorhizon (purple gromwell) or the dye or made from its root

Other uses

 * Murasaki (crater), a crater on planet Mercury, named after Murasaki Shikibu
 * A station on the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line
 * Murasaki 312, a fictional space phenomenon in Star Trek: The Original Series.