The pillow book of Sei Shonagon
| ISBN: | 0140442367, 9780140442366, 0231073364, 9780231073363 |
| OCLC Number: | 1175678 |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| Author: | Sei Shonagon |
| Translator: | Ivan I. Morris |
| Editor: | Ivan I. Morris |
| Language: | en |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press, 1967, 1991; Penguin Books, 1970, 1981, 1984 |
| Publication Place: | New York; Baltimore, MD, New York |
| Japanese Copyright Year: | 1002 |
| English Publication Date: | 1967 |
| Notes: | Japanese title: Makura no soshi. |
| Related: | UNESCO collection of representative works: Japanese series |
| Abstract: | Written by the court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon, ostensibly for her own amusement, The Pillow Book offers a fascinating exploration of life among the nobility at the height of the Heian period, describing the exquisite pleasures of a confined world in which poetry, love, fashion, and whim dominated, while harsh reality was kept firmly at a distance. Moving elegantly across a wide range of themes including nature, society, and her own flirtations, Sei Shonagon provides a witty and intimate window on a woman's life at court in classical Japan. |
| Subjects: | Courtesans Japan, Court and courtiers Japan, History, Heian period Japan, Social life and customs, Fiction Sei Shonagon, Translations into English |