The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon - Folio Society edition

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon

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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon - Folio Society edition
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon

Sei Shonagon
Edition year 1979
Binding Silk
Illustrator Jasper Deane
Translator Ivan Morris
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 272
Dimensions 24.1 × 16 cm

Edition details

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. Translated and edited by Ivan Morris. Introduction by Robin Duke. 9 colour illustrations by Jasper Deane. Full black artificial silk binding gilt printed with Japanese characters. Lilac endleaves. Pale lilac slipcase. 24.1x16cm. 272pp

About the book

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a collection of observations, anecdotes, lists and reflections written by a court lady in Japan during the Heian period. Sei Shonagon records life at the imperial court with wit and precision, describing ceremonies, fashions, relationships, poetry, landscapes and the small pleasures and irritations of daily life. The work is both a literary masterpiece and an invaluable portrait of aristocratic Japan around the year 1000.

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