Sei Shōnagon
The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book

Sei Shōnagon2024
The Pillow Book offers an exploration of life among the nobility at the height of the Heian period, describing the pleasures of a confined world in which poetry, love, fashion, and whim dominated, while harsh reality was kept firmly at a distance. Moving across a wide range of themes including nature, society, and her own flirtations, Sei Shonagon describes a woman's life at court in classical Japan.
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