A Lady in Kyoto

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.<>

Product details

• Authors: Sei Shonagon, Shonagon Sei
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.04.2025
• EAN: 9780241752081
• ISBN: 978-0-241-75208-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Archive
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Japan, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Diaries, letters and journals, Biography: historical, political and military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional, c 1068 to 1185 (Japanese Late Heian period)