A Lady in Kyoto

Sei Shonagon (author)

Paperback Published on: 17/04/2025; Language: English, Japanese (Original language of a translated text)

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Synopsis

'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.