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Japan: Sei Shonagon (c. 966-1017) Japanese author and court lady of the middle Heian Era, best known as the author of 'The Pillow Book' (Makura no Sosh< / i>), Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), c. 1820
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Japan: Sei Shonagon (c. 966-1017) Japanese author and court lady of the middle Heian Era, best known as the author of 'The Pillow Book' (Makura no Sosh< / i>), Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), c. 1820
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Sei Shonagon (c. 966-1017) was a Japanese author and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Empress Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period, and is best known as the author of 'The Pillow Book' (Makura no Sosh).
. She achieved fame through her work 'The Pillow Book', a collection of lists, gossip, poetry, observations, complaints and anything else she found of interest during her years in the court. Her writing depicts the court of the young Empress as full of an elegant and merry atmosphere.
. She achieved fame through her work 'The Pillow Book', a collection of lists, gossip, poetry, observations, complaints and anything else she found of interest during her years in the court. Her writing depicts the court of the young Empress as full of an elegant and merry atmosphere.
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Image size:
2681 x 5100 px | 39.1 MB
Print size:
22.7 x 43.2 cm | 8.9 x 17.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
10TH CENTURY • 11TH CENTURY • 1820 • ART • ARTS • ASIA • ASIAN • EMPRESS • HEIAN • HOKUSAI, KATSUSHIKA • IMPERIAL COURT • JAPAN • JAPANESE • KATSUSHIKA • LEGEND • LETTERS • LITERATURA • LITERATURE • PAINT • PAINTING • POET • ROYALTY • WOMAN • WOMEN IN HISTORY • WOMEN • WRITER
