SYMHC Classics: Sei Shonagon and the Heian Court

SYMHC Classics: Sei Shonagon and the Heian Court

Today we're revisiting a bit of Japanese history. Thanks to the pillow book of lady-in-waiting Sei Shonagon, we have a first-person account of court life in Heian Japan. It's a diary and essay collection that's thoroughly fascinating.

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