Sei Shōnagon
966 CE–1025 · writer · Japan
Arts and ideasabout 39 years old in 1005
Sei Shōnagon, or Seijo, 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.
Read more on WikipediaThe world around them · Heian-kyō, c. 1000
- Who governs
- The emperor reigns, but the Fujiwara family rules as regents.
- Everyday life
- Most people farm rice far from the capital and pay their taxes in kind.
- Arts and ideas
- Court women write in kana: The Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book.
- Meanwhile
- In China, the Song dynasty is in its first decades. In France, the Capetian kings are new.
Their life in their time
- 966 CE
- 100842 years oldThe Tale of Genji is read at court
- 102559 years oldDies
