# A Lady in Kyoto

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- Book: [A Lady in Kyoto](https://www.bookquiver.com/sei-shonagon/a-lady-in-kyoto) ([A Lady in Kyoto.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sei-shonagon/a-lady-in-kyoto.md))
- Authors: [Sei Shonagon](https://www.bookquiver.com/sei-shonagon)
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4175-208-1
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2025-04-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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.