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  • The Pillow Book

    by Sei Shonagon, Meredith McKinney ...
    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese Classics. ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon

    by Sei Shonagon ...
    Translated by Arthur Waley ...
    In the tenth century, Japan was both physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. The Pillow Book recaptures this lost world with the diary of a young court lady. Sei Shōnagon was a contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote the well-known novel The Tale of Genji. Unlike the latter's fictionalized view of the Heian-era court, Shōnagon's journal provides a lively miscellany of ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Pillow-Book of Sei Shonagon

    by Sei Shonagon ...
    Sei Shōnagon was a Japanese author, poet, and lady of the court who served the Empress Teishi during the middle Heian period, around 1000 A.D. What little is known of her comes from her writings. The daughter and granddaughter of poets, Sei Shōnagon is best remembered for her “Pillow-Book”, a collection of essays, anecdotes, poems, and descriptive passages recorded around the end of the first ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • The Pillow Book

    by Sei Shōnagon ...
    Series series Women Writers of the World
    The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating blend of personal reflections, courtly observations, and poetic musings, offering a vivid glimpse into the cultural and aesthetic sensibilities of Heian-era Japan. As a lady-in-waiting at the imperial court, Shōnagon documents daily life with sharp wit and keen attention to detail, capturing the beauty, rituals, and intrigues of courtly society. Her ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon

    by Sei Shōnagon ...
    Translated by Arthur Waley ...
    The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon is a vivid collection of essays, anecdotes, poems, and personal reflections written during the late 10th and early 11th centuries in Heian Japan. Sei Shōnagon, a lady-in-waiting to Empress Consort Teishi, composed this work around 1002 as a private journal capturing the refined life of the imperial court. The book offers a unique glimpse into court customs, seasonal ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pillow-book of Sei Shōnagon

    by Sei Shōnagon ...
    When the first volume of The Tale of Genji appeared in English, the prevailing comment of critics was that the book revealed a subtle and highly developed civilization, the very existence of which had hitherto remained unsuspected. It was guessed that so curious a state of society, with its rampant æstheticism and sophisticated unmorality, its dread of the explicit, the emphatic, must have behind ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pillow Book

    by Sei Shōnagon ...
    The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon is a captivating and intimate window into life at the Japanese imperial court during the Heian period. Written around the year 1000, this remarkable work blends personal reflection, poetic observation, and cultural commentary, creating one of the most unique and influential works in classical Japanese literature. Rather than following a traditional narrative, The ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Pillow-Book of Sei Shōnagon

    by Sei Shōnagon ...
    The Pillow-Book of Sei Shōnagon by Sei Shōnagon unfolds like a whispered secret from the Heian court—intimate, poetic, and irresistibly alive with the textures of a world long past yet surprisingly familiar. In audiobook form, these reflections, lists, observations, and witty commentaries glow with renewed life, allowing listeners to enter directly into Shōnagon’s mind: sharp, curious, humorous, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pillow-Book. Illustrated

    by Sei Shōnagon ...
    Translated by Arthur Waley ...
    The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon is a literary masterpiece of the Japanese Heian period, offering a vivid, intimate glimpse into court life at the turn of the 11th century. Written by a lady-in-waiting to Empress Teishi, this remarkable collection of personal observations, lists, poems, and anecdotes blends elegance, wit, and sharp social insight. Shōnagon's keen eye captures the fleeting beauty of ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

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    The Pillow Book

    by Sei Shōnagon ...
    Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 9 min

    The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthrals with its lively gossip, witty observations and subtle impressions.Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    The Tale of Genji

    by Murasaki Shikibu, Translated by Suematsu Kencho ...
    Narrated by Elaine J Sepani ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 57 min

    Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor’s son, as he navigates life within aristocratic society and eventually outside of it. Praised for its psychological insight into the characters’ motivations, the book greatly influenced Japanese culture and ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Tale of Genji

    by Murasaki Shikibu ...
    The Tale of Genji (源氏物語 Genji monogatari, pronounced [ɡeɲdʑi monoɡaꜜtaɾi]) is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu in the early years of the 11th century. The original manuscript no longer exists. It was made in "concertina" or orihon style: several sheets of paper pasted together and folded alternately in one direction then the other ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook