A Lady in Kyoto
Published on 17. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-241-75208-1 (ISBN)
Description
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
All moonlight is moving, wherever it may be...
Japanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look behind the painted screens in the Emperor's palace and discover a lost world, in which games of poetry are the highest form of wit, lovers send each other elegant morning-after letters, and appreciation of the natural world - wild geese in autumn, the pure white frost of winter - is one of life's most exquisite pleasures.
All moonlight is moving, wherever it may be...
Japanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look behind the painted screens in the Emperor's palace and discover a lost world, in which games of poetry are the highest form of wit, lovers send each other elegant morning-after letters, and appreciation of the natural world - wild geese in autumn, the pure white frost of winter - is one of life's most exquisite pleasures.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 176 mm
Width: 107 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
82 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-75208-1 (9780241752081)
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Sei Shonagon (?966-?1017) was a gentlewoman in the court of Empress Teishi, in what is now Kyoto, Japan. She lived at the height of the Heian period and used the ins and outs of life at court to inspire her writing.