Sei Shonagon and the Heian Court

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2013

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Thanks to the pillow book of lady-in-waiting Sei Shonagon, we have a first-person account of court life in Heian Japan. It's part diary, part commonplace book, part essay collection, and thoroughly fascinating.

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