The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon5/20/2023 ![]() It is, I think, utterly delightful – a description that Sei herself uses frequently when telling us about life at the imperial palace in Japan a little over 1,000 years ago. So I’ve done some re-reading (I hope that is OK) and tried to knock my thoughts into shape.įirst up is The Pillow Book, by Sei Shonagon, which I’ve read several times, and dip in and out of it when the mood takes me, and on each occasion different things leap out me. But during that time I have read several Japanese books, and even typed up a few notes, but never got round to posting them. ![]() Last year I spent so much time with my mother that I did very little else, and this year I don’t seem to have got myself into gear at all. ![]() ![]() My track record on this challenge is not good – I’ve signed up a couple of times, only to find Life, the Universe and Everything got in the way. OK, it’s December, and Japanese Literature Challenge 11, organised by Meredith at, is almost at an end, but it runs until the end of January, so I’ve got a few weeks yet to join in. ![]()
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