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A Lady in Kyoto
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Book · 1 edition

A Lady in Kyoto

2025
first published in English
Japanese
original language
1
edition in English
128
pages

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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A Lady in KyotoA Lady in KyotoPenguin Classics978-02-4175-208-197802417520812025-04-17English (United Kingdom)128Softcover