Sei Shonagon and the Heian Court

Stuff You Missed in History Class

• Episode: Sei Shonagon and the Heian Court
• Website: Stuff You Missed in History Class
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• Duration: 00:40:56
• Published: 2013-12-04 15:00

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.