The Pillow Book

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The Pillow Book is a classic Japanese literary work by court lady Sei Shōnagon, consisting of witty, observant essays and lists that vividly depict court life and aesthetics during the Heian period.

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The Pillow Book canonical 12
The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon 1
枕草子 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Heian-period literature ⓘ
Japanese literary work ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
zuihitsu ⓘ
adaptedAs films ⓘ
stage works ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Makura no Sōshi ⓘ
associatedWith Empress Teishi ⓘ
linked to: Empress Shōshi
author Sei Shōnagon ⓘ
contains anecdotes ⓘ
lists ⓘ
personal reflections ⓘ
poetic allusions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance key source on Heian court culture ⓘ
genre diary literature ⓘ
essay ⓘ
zuihitsu ⓘ
hasTheme aesthetic sensibility ⓘ
courtly romance ⓘ
impermanence ⓘ
social observation ⓘ
influenced Japanese essay tradition ⓘ
Yoshida Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness ⓘ
later zuihitsu works ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Heian court literature ⓘ
literaryStatus classic of Japanese literature ⓘ
mainSubject Heian court life ⓘ
aesthetics ⓘ
observations ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
originalLanguage Classical Japanese ⓘ
preservationStatus survives in multiple textual recensions ⓘ
primaryAudience Heian court aristocrats ⓘ
setting Imperial court in Kyoto ⓘ
studiedIn Japanese literature curricula ⓘ
style fragmentary ⓘ
observant ⓘ
subjective ⓘ
witty ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed Heian period ⓘ
titleInJapanese 枕草子 ⓘ
linked to: The Pillow Book
writtenByCulture Heian aristocracy ⓘ
writtenByOccupation court lady ⓘ
writtenCirca early 11th century ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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Heian period → significantWork → The Pillow Book ⓘ
Classical Japanese → hasCanonicalWork → The Pillow Book ⓘ
Sei Shōnagon → notableWork → The Pillow Book ⓘ
The Pillow Book → titleInJapanese → 枕草子 ⓘ
linked to: The Pillow Book
Peter Greenaway → notableWork → The Pillow Book ⓘ
Imperial court of Japan → notableWorkProduced → The Pillow Book ⓘ
Makura no Sōshi → hasTranslation → The Pillow Book ⓘ
Makura no Sōshi → titleTranslation → The Pillow Book ⓘ
Heian court literature → notableWork → The Pillow Book ⓘ
Heian aristocracy → associatedWork → The Pillow Book ⓘ
Essays in Idleness → influencedBy → The Pillow Book ⓘ
The Tulse Luper Suitcases → relatedTo → The Pillow Book ⓘ
This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn → influencedBy → The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon ⓘ
linked to: The Pillow Book
Youki Kudoh → notableWork → The Pillow Book ⓘ