The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century Japan

Author:   Arthur Waley ,  Dennis Washburn
Publisher:   Tuttle Publishing
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9784805314623


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   07 August 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Arthur Waley ,  Dennis Washburn
Publisher:   Tuttle Publishing
Imprint:   Tuttle Publishing
Weight:   0.170kg
ISBN:  

9784805314623


ISBN 10:   4805314621
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   07 August 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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In a small diary, a young courtesan of the Heian period gives her account of the Japanese courts of the day, providing perspective on a unique time in Japanese history. A contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, the author of The Tale of Genji, Sei Shonagon's commentary brings an added dimension to that timeless and seminal work. -Svetlana's Reads and Views blog His [Waley's] is the most appealing version for the general reader. -Michael Dirda, Pulitzer-prize winning columnist


"""His [Waley's] is the most appealing version for the general reader."" --Michael Dirda, Pulitzer-prize winning columnist ""In a small diary, a young courtesan of the Heian period gives her account of the Japanese courts of the day, providing perspective on a unique time in Japanese history. A contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, the author of The Tale of Genji, Sei Shonagon's commentary brings an added dimension to that timeless and seminal work."" --Svetlana's Reads and Views blog"


His [Waley's] is the most appealing version for the general reader. -Michael Dirda, Pulitzer-prize winning columnist In a small diary, a young courtesan of the Heian period gives her account of the Japanese courts of the day, providing perspective on a unique time in Japanese history. A contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, the author of The Tale of Genji, Sei Sho-nagon's commentary brings an added dimension to that timeless and seminal work. -Svetlana's Reads and Views blog


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Arthur Waley (1889-1966) taught himself Chinese and Japanese after being appointed Assistant Keeper of Oriental Prints and Manuscripts at the British Museum to help catalog the paintings in the museum's collection. He went on to renown as one of the most respected translators of Asian classics into English of his time. His long list of translated works includes The Tale of Genji, Monkey (The Journey to the West), The Noh Plays of Japan and The Analects of Confucius. Dennis Washburn is Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Translating Mount Fuji: Modern Japanese Fiction and the Ethics of Identity and translator of Temple of the Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen.

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