# The Pillow Book

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- Book: [The Pillow Book](https://www.bookquiver.com/sei-shonagon/the-pillow-book) ([The Pillow Book.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sei-shonagon/the-pillow-book.md))
- Authors: [Sei Shonagon](https://www.bookquiver.com/sei-shonagon)
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4044-806-1
- Pages: 400
- Published: 2006-11-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese Classics.