The pillow book
ISBN: | 9780140448061, 0140448063 |
OCLC Number: | 70127715 |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
Author: | Sei Shonagon |
Translator: | Meredith McKinney |
Language: | en |
Publisher: | Penguin Books, 2006, 2007 |
Publication Place: | London, New York |
Japanese Copyright Year: | 1002 |
English Publication Date: | 2006 |
Notes: | Japanese title: Makura no soshi. Contents: [Text], App. 1. Places, App. 2. People and where they appear, App. 3 Time, App. 4, Glossary of general terms, App. 5. Court ranks, titles, and bureaucracy, App. 6. Clothes and colour glossary. Notes by Meredith McKinney. |
Related: | Penguin Classics |
Abstract: | A translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the Tale of Genji, it is one of the major Japanese classics. |
Subjects: | Courtesans Japan, Court and courtiers Japan, History, Heian period Japan, Social life and customs, Fiction Sei Shonagon, Translations into English |