The Pillow Book

By (author): "Sugai Minoru, Meredith McKinney, Sei Sh?nagon"
Genres:Classics books  Nonfiction books  History books  Japan books  Japanese Literature books  
Publish Date: 1002
The Pillow Book
ISBN0140448063
ISBN139780140448061
AsinThe Pillow Book
Original title??? [Makura no s?shi]
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 real