The Pillow Book

Synopsis

'a mistress of wry observation and scalding wit. The pillow book retains its fresh, authentic appeal more than 1, 000 years after its inception' japan timeswritten by the court gentlewoman sei shonagon as a journal for her own amusement, the pillow book is one of the greatest works of japanese literature. A fascinating exploration of life amongst the nobility at the height of the idyllic heian period, it describes the exquisite pleasures of a confined world in which poetry, love, fashion and whim dominated.