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Sei Shonagon
A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese Classics.
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Originally completed in the year 1002 and not meant for the public eye, this engrossing collection of anecdotes, observations, and gossip by a court lady to the Empress Teishi is…
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Take a first-hand journey into a time, society and world full of intrigue.
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996 A.D., with later revisions. The translation of the diaries of a court lady in tenth-century Japan, it is a collection of anecdotes, memories of court and religious ceremonies, character…
Sei Shonagon,Arthur Waley, com
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
Ivan Morris
One of the great classics of Japanese literature, The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is by far our most detailed source of factual material on life in eleventh-century Japan at…
Valerie Henitiuk
The Pillow Book is a collection of anecdotes and personal reflections on life in the Japanese royal court composed around the turn of the 11th century by a woman known…
Arthur Waley,Dennis C. Washburn
The beauty of his [Waley’s] prose captures the artistic spirit of a brilliant and fascinating woman. -from the foreword by Dennis Washburn
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