Beschreibung
Japanese culture and lifestyle experienced an early flowering at the Heian Palace around a thousand years ago. But what was it like for the "royals" of this distant era? Vivid insights are provided by the notes of the court lady Sei Shonagon. The learned young woman lived at the imperial court and recorded everything that seemed remarkable to her at the moment, "following the brush." Full of wit and acumen, in a conversational tone and often with a decided opinion, she writes about fashion, power, and leisure, the personal and the piquant.
* "I am asked for comfort in these times. I say: Currently I am reading 'The Pillow Book' by Sei Shonagon... It is a ravishing work full of charm and poetry" Axel Hacke in Süddeutsche Magazin, April 8, 2022
* The first blogger in world literature - daily notes from Japan's golden Heian period
* One of the earliest and at the same time most significant prose works of Japanese literature
* "Flowed from the brush," kept in a porcelain pillow and still a touching reading pleasure to this day
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Beschreibung
Japanese culture and lifestyle experienced an early flowering at the Heian Palace around a thousand years ago. But what was it like for the "royals" of this distant era? Vivid insights are provided by the notes of the court lady Sei Shonagon. The learned young woman lived at the imperial court and recorded everything that seemed remarkable to her at the moment, "following the brush." Full of wit and acumen, in a conversational tone and often with a decided opinion, she writes about fashion, power, and leisure, the personal and the piquant.
* "I am asked for comfort in these times. I say: Currently I am reading 'The Pillow Book' by Sei Shonagon... It is a ravishing work full of charm and poetry" Axel Hacke in Süddeutsche Magazin, April 8, 2022
* The first blogger in world literature - daily notes from Japan's golden Heian period
* One of the earliest and at the same time most significant prose works of Japanese literature
* "Flowed from the brush," kept in a porcelain pillow and still a touching reading pleasure to this day
