The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book
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.