page_title: Sei Shōnagon
hierarchical_section_title: Sei Shōnagon
caption_attribution_description: Sei Shonagon (清少納言)
context_page_description: Sei Shōnagon was a Japanese author, poet, and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book.
context_section_description: Sei Shōnagon (清少納言, c. 966 – 1017 or 1025) was a Japanese author, poet, and a 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).
caption: Sei Shōnagon, illustration from an issue of Hyakunin Isshu (Edo period)
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