Proper noun
Bowring (plural Bowrings)
A surname.
Accounts of their marriage vary: Richard Bowring writes that the marriage was happy, but Japanese literature scholar Haruo Shirane sees indications in her poems that she resented her husband. Source: Internet
Adolphson (2007), 110 Bowring writes it was "almost subversive" that Murasaki knew Chinese and taught the language to Shōshi. Source: Internet
Bowring (2004), 79 Legacy Murasaki's reputation and influence have not diminished since her lifetime when she, with other Heian women writers, was instrumental in developing Japanese into a written language. Source: Internet
Eve became friends with President and Mamie Eisenhower, and the Eisenhowers had planned to take a vacation at Bowring Ranch in 1955, before Ike suffered a heart attack, and they were forced to cancel their plans. Source: Internet
Bowring (1996), xv–xvii Ichijō's mother and Michinaga's sister, Senshi, had an influential salon, and Michinaga probably wanted Shōshi to surround herself with skilled women such as Murasaki to build a rival salon. Source: Internet
Bowring considers 1014 to be speculative, and believes she may have lived with Shōshi until as late as 1025. Source: Internet