Title : Bedside Notes - Sei Shônagon - Book

Summary :

In an extremely elegant translation by André Beaujard, we present to the French reader one of the most beautiful books of Japanese literature, the Bedside Notes of Sei Shônagon. Composed in the early years of the 11th century, at the height of the Heian civilization, when Kyôto was called Heiankyô, that is to say "Capital of Peace", by a lady-in-waiting, Sei Shônagon, attached to Princess Sadako, who died in the year 1000, the Bedside Notes belong to the sôshi genre, that is to say "intimate writings". Along with The Idle Hours of Urabe Kenkô and Notes from My Monk's Cabin by Kamo no Chômei, the Bedside Notes of Sei Shônagon offer, in the form of paintings, portraits, stories, and narratives, an illustration of Japan under the Fujiwara. Along with the author of The Romance of Genji, Noble Lady Murasaki, Sei Shônagon is one of the most illustrious of Japan's great female writers. While the author of The Romance of Genji is constantly compared in her country to the immaculate, white, and somewhat cold plum blossom, Sei Shônagon is equaled to the more moving pink blossom of the cherry tree. Those who read the Bedside Notes, many of whom we hope will be, are assured of discovering one of the most beautiful books ever written in the Japanese language, and an introduction and notes will allow them to appreciate it in the most intimate detail, including all the subtle plays on words.

• EAN: 9782070705337
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