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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 2h

Even in the case of love poems, people should at least answer that they were moved at receiving the message, or something of the sort; otherwise they will cause the keenest disappointment.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Round braziers. Winter cherries. Pine trees. The petals of yellow roses.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Priests. Fruit. Houses. Provision bags. Inksticks for inkstones.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wisteria blossoms. Plum blossoms covered with snow.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wisteria blossoms. Plum blossoms covered with snow.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It is beautiful indeed when snow has fallen during the night, but splendid too when the ground is white with frost

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

To sleep in a room where some fine incense has been burnt.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Priests. Fruit. Houses. Provision bags. Inksticks for inkstones.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oxen should have very small foreheads with white hair; their underbellies, the ends of their legs, and the tips of their tails should also be white.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The hair of a woman of the lower classes should be neat and short.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One has carefully scented a robe and then forgotten about it for several days. When finally one comes to wear it, the aroma is even more delicious than on freshly scented clothes.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Last year’s paper fan. A night with a clear moon.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It is absurd of people to get angry because one has gossiped about them.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A carriage overturns. One would have imagined that such a solid, bulky object would remain forever on its wheels. It all seems like a dream – astonishing and senseless.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The hair of a woman of the lower classes should be neat and short.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

An elderly man with a black beard and a disagreeable expression playing with a little child who has just learnt to talk.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Attendants and escorts should be slim. I prefer gentlemen also to be on the slender side, at least when young. Stout men always strike me as sleepy-looking.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

To find a piece of deep violet or grape-colored material that has been pressed between the pages of a notebook.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

An elderly man who has overslept and who wakes up with a start; or a greybeard munching on some acorns that he has plucked.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A piece of thread when one wants to sew something in a hurry.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I love white, purple, and black clouds, and rain clouds when they are driven by the wind. It is charming at dawn to see the dark clouds gradually turn white. I believe this has been described in a Chinese poem that says something about “the tints that leave at dawn”.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The driver of an ox-carriage should be a big man; his graying hair should have a slightly reddish tint, and his face should be ruddy. He should also look intelligent.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A woman of the lower classes dressed in a scarlet trouser-skirt. The sight it all too common these days.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I remember one occasion when I visited the Palace to see the procession of blue horses. Several senior courtiers were standing outside the guard-house of the Left Division; they had borrowed bows from the escorts, and, with much laughter, were twanging them to make the horses prance. Looking

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Even in the case of love poems, people should at least answer that they were moved at receiving the message, or something of the sort; otherwise they will cause the keenest disappointment.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Attendants and escorts should be slim. I prefer gentlemen also to be on the slender side, at least when young. Stout men always strike me as sleepy-looking.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A woman of the lower classes dressed in a scarlet trouser-skirt. The sight it all too common these days.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

While one is cleaning a decorative comb, something catches in the teeth and the comb breaks.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Round braziers. Winter cherries. Pine trees. The petals of yellow roses.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

To wash one’s hair and put on a scented robe; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

One has carefully scented a robe and then forgotten about it for several days. When finally one comes to wear it, the aroma is even more delicious than on freshly scented clothes.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

How I should have liked to stop my carriage, pick them both up, and take them along!

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I like horses to be chestnut, piebald, dapple-grey, or black roan, with white patches near their shoulders and feet; I also like horses with light chestnut coats and extremely white manes and tails – so white, indeed, that their hair looks like mulberry threads.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I am more pleased when something nice happens to a person I love than when it happens to myself.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I also noticed a young boy of about ten, with long, attractive hair hanging loosely down his back, and a child of about five whose hair was piled up under his jacket and whose cheeks were plump and rosy. The child held a funny little bow and a stick of some sort. It was quite adorable.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A preacher ought to be good-looking. For, if we are properly to understand his worthy sentiments, we must keep our eyes one him while he speaks; should we look away, we may forget to listen. Accordingly an ugly preacher may well be the source of a sin…

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I realize that it is very sinful of me, but I cannot help being pleased when someone I dislike has a bad experience.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It is beautiful indeed when snow has fallen during the night, but splendid too when the ground is white with frost

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

To wash one’s hair and put on a scented robe; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure.

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The Pillow Book, by Sei Shōnagon @thepillowbookbot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

when there is no snow or frost, but it is simply very cold and the attendants hurry from room to room stirring up the fires and bringing charcoal, how well this fits the season’s mood!

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