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Makura no soshi - Sei Shōnagon
Makura no soshi
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 2940038132138 (0038132133)
Publisher: Tokyo Yuhodo
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics, Non Fiction, Autobiography, Memoir, Biography, Literature, Cultural, Asian Literature, Poetry, Japan, Womens, Japanese Literature
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Edward
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4.0 The Pillow Book
text The Pillow Book
AcknowledgementsChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingNote on the Translation--The Pillow BookAppendix 1 PlacesAppendix 2 People and Where They AppearAppendix 3 TimeAppendix 4 Glossary of General TermsAppendix 5 Court Ranks, Titles and BureaucracyAppendix 6 Clothes and Colour GlossaryNotes
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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
3.0 The Pillow Book
text The Pillow Book
bookshelves: mystery-thriller, autumn-2010, japan, medieval5c-16c, published-1002, epistolatory-diary-blog Recommended for: radio 4 listeners Read from November 14 to 19, 2010 BBC blurb - Lady Shonagon and Lieutenant Yukinari return to investigate a murder in the Palace of the Sun Goddess. A fav...
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Bettie's Books
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vw738/Womans_Hour_Drama_The_Pillow_Book_series_3_Episode_1/BBC blurb - Lady Shonagon and Lieutenant Yukinari return to investigate a murder in the Palace of the Sun Goddess. A favourite of the Emperor is found drowned in a pool in the Palace Gardens. But befor...
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carey
carey rated it
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Loved the character of Shonagon and the descriptions of the elaborate court rituals, suppressed emotions, hidden passions; quite apart from learning about such an extraordinarily regimented and closed society. Wonderful
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Telynor's Library, and then some
Telynor's Library, and then some rated it
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A gorgeous piece of literature -- the diary of a court lady -- from Heian Japan. I feel it's even better than the Tale of Genji. Wicked, bitter, and very funny in spots.
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Other editions (19)
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Pillow Book (U. Books) - Sei Shōnagon
Pillow Book - Arthur Waley
Morris:the Pillow Book Vol 1 (Cloth) - I. Morris
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon (Volume 2) - Sei Shōnagon
The Pillow Book - Sei Shōnagon
The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon - Sei Shōnagon, Arthur Waley
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The Pillow Book - Sei Shōnagon, Meredith McKinney
The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon - Sei Shōnagon, Ivan Morris
The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon - Sei Shōnagon, Arthur Waley
The Pillow Book - Sei Shōnagon
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon - Sei Shōnagon, Arthur Waley
The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century Japan - Arthur Waley, Dennis Washburn
The Pillow Book - Sei Shōnagon, Sei Shōnagon, Ivan Morris
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century Japan - Sei Shōnagon, Dennis Washburn, Arthur Waley
The Pillow Book - Sei Shōnagon, Meredith McKinney
Books by Sei Shōnagon
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