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Step into Kyoto’s hidden world of wit, love, and beauty.
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A Lady in Kyoto
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128 pages
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14 July 2025
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Summary
A Glimpse Behind Painted Screens: Discover Kyoto’s Elegant World
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
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, th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241752081 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241752086 |
| Series: | Penguin Archive |
| Author: | Sei Shonagon |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 81g |
| Dimensions: | 182mm x 112mm x 8mm |
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About The Author
Sei Shonagon
Sei Shonagon (?966-?1017) was a gentlewoman in the court of Empress Teishi, in what is now Kyoto, Japan. She lived at the height of the Heian period and used the ins and outs of life at court to inspire her writing.
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