Sei Shonagon

A Lady in Kyoto by Sei Shonagon is one of 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, where games of poetry are the highest form of wit. Lovers send...

New translation of a book that has sold over 100,000 in its previous version. A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a 10th-century court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book is one of the major Japanese classics.