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The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon. The Pillow Book, written about 1002, is a collection of impressions of court life by the court lady Sei Shōnagon.A contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote The Tale of Genji, Sei Shōnagon reflects the same concern with style and taste typical of the period.
Mar 10, 2011 · The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is one of the earliest examples of diary literature whose passages chronicle the events of the court calendar, the ceremonies and celebrations specific to Teishi's court, and the vignettes that provide brilliantly drawn glimpses into the manners and foibles of the aristocracy.
The Pillow Book is bizarre; it's easy to imagine why fans will like the more distinctive elements, but they just weren't for me. Props for originality, but not as much for the quality of the ...
Sei Shonagon’s Pillow Book (Makura no Soshi) is the private journal of a lady-in-waiting to the Empress of Japan written during the 990’s. Sei served her empress during the late Heian Period (a particularly vibrant time for Japanese arts and the beginning of Japan’s feudal age) and was a contemporary of
The Pillow Book: Directed by Peter Greenaway. With Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata, Hideko Yoshida. A woman with a body-writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.
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Feb 24, 2020 · "The Pillow Book" takes a fascinating, and revealing, look at culture, art, and of course literature, and how they interplay with our more primal, instinctual urges; and ultimately what all of it says about being human and our struggle for meaning as well as happiness. A "must-have" for any serious film aficionado/collector!
