The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon by Arthur Waley, Sei Shōnagon

The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon

Arthur Waley, Sei Shōnagon

160 pages 1002

13 editions

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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 sketches, lists of things the author enjoyed or loathed, ...

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