The Pillow Book recaptures this lost world with the diary of a young court lady. Sei Shōnagon was a contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote the well-known novel The Tale of Genji.

This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.

The Pillow Book recaptures this lost world with the diary of a young court lady. Sei Shōnagon was a contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote the well-known novel The Tale of Genji.

A perfect companion piece, The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon brings an added dimension to Murasaki's timeless and seminal work and further illuminates Japanese court life in all its ritualistic glory.

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 the height of Heian culture.

The Pillow Book is a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shonagon during her time as court lady to Empress Consort Teishi during the 990s and early 1000s in Heian Japan. The book was completed in the year 1002.

Eine poetische Zeitreise an den japanischen Kaiserhof des Jahres 1000 Ein Bündel edlen Papiers diente Sei Shonagon vor tausend Jahren als Notizbuch.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.