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A Lady in Kyoto: Sei Shonagon (Penguin Archive)

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All moonlight is moving, wherever it may be…

Japanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look behind the painted screens in the Emperor’s palace and discover a lost world, in which games of poetry are the highest form of wit, lovers send each other elegant morning-after letters, and appreciation of the natural world – wild geese in autumn, the pure white frost of winter – is one of life’s most exquisite pleasures.

Author: Shonagon Sei
Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9780241752081
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2025

Sei Shonagon (?966-?1017) was a gentlewoman in the court of Empress Teishi, in what is now Kyoto, Japan. She lived at the height of the Heian period and used the ins and outs of life at court to inspire her writing.

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