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Sei Shōnagon
Sei Shōnagon , or Seijo , was a Japanese author, poet, and court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000, during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book .
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culture · Japanese author and court lady · lady-in-waiting · poet · essayist · diarist · writer · historian · also Sei Shōnagon, Sei Shonagon, Sei Shounagon, Shōnagon
Born 0966 · Died 1025 · Q231603
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PBS: The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon
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JSTOR Daily: Worlding Sei Shônagon: The Pillow Book in Translation
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MutualArt.com: Sei Shonagon, circa 1833
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Died 1025.
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Born 0966.
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