![]() From the pen of an insider, glimpse the lifestyle of the refined and noble at the court of the emperor of Japan. Sei Shonagon, the learned daughter of poet Kiyohara Motosuke, lived at court for 10 years in the service of the Empress Teishi. Her "pillow book" relates informal impressions and poetic insights of the sort recorded by some Japanese men and women before they go to sleep.
Observations on life, based on Sei Shonagon's Annoying Things
Adorable Things
Things That Make One Impatient
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