I love this book! I didn’t realize I was going to at first. I tend to react to older texts (this one is about 1000 years old) generally with a kind of academic respect and deference–seeing the historical value of older works and the academic interests they allow for. But I will be honest, this book is a joy. So this is the daily journal/daily musings and minor events in the life of a Japanese noble lady. It turns out that while the concerns occasionally […]
Small children and babies ought to be plump.
The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon