The Pillow Book

Introduction

The Pillow Book was written thousand years ago by Lady Sei Shonagon, the daughter of a respected poet of Her time while she was in the service of Empress Sadako. She is considered the most famous diary of all the Japanese literature. She has reflected her life in her book which in many respects, delicious, although at times continues to show through the tedium that they were accustomed to these ladies. Her wit and irony were well thought in her time, where these qualities are valued in a woman in the court room could be almost a comrade than ...