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Sei Shōnagon was a Japanese female poet, essayist, and diarist who served as a lady-in-waiting to Fujiwara no Teishi. Born in Heian-kyō in 966 and dying in Kyoto in 1025, she wrote in Japanese and practiced Buddhism. Her father was Kiyohara no Motosuke. She is a member of the Thirty Six Elder Poetic Sages and the Thirty-Six Immortal Women Poets.
Her notable work is The Pillow Book, which she began writing in 1000. She is named after the Kiyohara clan and Shōnagon. Her native name is 清少納言, and her name in kana is せい しょうなごん. Other works associated with her include 枕草子全釋, 現代語訳枕草子, Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces, 堺本枕冊子, and 校訂三卷本枕草子.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 967
- Works
- 34
Top works
- 枕草子全釋
- 現代語訳枕草子
- Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces
- 堺本枕冊子
- 校訂三卷本枕草子
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Named after
- Shōnagon
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Heian-kyō
- Place of death
- Kyoto
- Father
- Kiyohara no Motosuke
- Occupation
- historian
- Employer
- Fujiwara no Teishi
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Field of work
- essay
- Image
- Sei Shonagon2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sei Shōnagon
- date of birth
- 0966-00-00
- date of death
- 1025-00-00
- name in native language
- 清少納言
- writing language
- Japanese
- start of work period
- 1000-00-00
- name in kana
- せい しょうなごん
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Encyclopedic overview
Sei Shōnagon (清少納言; [sei ɕoː.naꜜ.ɡoɴ, seː-, -ŋoɴ], c. 966–1017 or 1025), or Seijo (清女; [seꜜi.(d)ʑo, seꜜː-], lit. 'Lady Sei'), 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 (枕草子, makura no sōshi).
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