Sei Shonagon (c. 966-1017):

The Pillow Book

Recommended Background Texts:

• McCullough, Helen C., Classical Japanese Prose, An Anthology (1990) (on order)
  
• Morris, Ivan I., The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan (1979) DS824 .M6 1979
  
• Sei Shonagon. The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. trans. Ivan Morris (1971) PL788.6.M3 E56 1971