A Lady in Kyoto

Sei Shonagon author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:17th Apr '25

Should be back in stock very soon

A Lady in Kyoto cover

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

All moonlight is moving, wherever it may be…


Japanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look behind the painted screens in the Emperor’s palace and discover a lost world, in which games of poetry are the highest form of wit, lovers send each other elegant morning-after letters, and appreciation of the natural world – wild geese in autumn, the pure white frost of winter – is one of life’s most exquisite pleasures.

ISBN: 9780241752081

Dimensions: 182mm x 112mm x 8mm

Weight: 81g

128 pages