The pillow-book of Sei Shōnagon

THE PILLOW-BOOK OF SEI SHŌNAGON

TO HAZEL CROMPTON

THE PILLOW-BOOK OF SEI SHŌNAGON

TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR WALEY

LONDON GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD MUSEUM STREET

_All rights reserved_

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY UNWIN BROTHERS, LTD., WOKING

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1928

PRELIMINARY NOTES

1. I have here translated about a quarter of the _Pillow-Boo...