Sei Shonagon, also known by the honorific Seijo, was a Japanese author, poet and court lady who lived from around 966 to sometime between 1017 and 1025, serving Empress Teishi during the middle Heian period around the year 1000. She is the author of The Pillow Book, a collection of observations, lists and reflections on court life regarded as one of the foundational works of Japanese literature and an early example of the zuihitsu, or miscellany, genre.
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Sei Shonagon, also known by the honorific Seijo, was a Japanese author, poet and court lady who lived from around 966 to sometime between 1017 and 1025, serving Empress Teishi during the middle Heian period around the year 1000.
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The Pillow Book (枕草子, Makura no Sōshi) is a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her time as court lady to the Empress Consort Fujiwara no Teishi during the 990s and early 1000s in the Heian
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