Definition of Shonagon. Meaning of Shonagon. Synonyms of Shonagon

- Sei Shōnagon (清少納言, c. 966–1017 or 1025) was a ****anese author, poet, and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during...
- Makura no Sōshi) is a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her time as court lady to Empress Consort Teishi during the 990s...
- Shōnagon (少納言) was a counselor of the third rank in the Imperial court of ****an. The role dates to the 7th century. This advisory position remained a part...
- Murasaki, who wrote about Shōnagon in her diary, certainly knew of her, and to an extent was influenced by her. Shōnagon's The Pillow Book may have been...
- also known as Infuriating Things, is a section of The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon, a ****anese author and courtier of the Middle Heian period around 1000...
- narrative. An account of court life is given in The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon, while The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu is often described as the...
- Kagerō Nikki by "the mother of Fujiwara Michitsuna", The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon and The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu. Indigenous art also flourished...
- A mo (train) in a 1872 portrait of Sei Shonagon...
- Naidaijin Major Counselor Dainagon Middle Counselor Chūnagon Minor Counselor Shōnagon Eight Ministries Center Nakat****sa-shō   Ceremonial Shikibu-shō Civil...
- ladies-in-waiting and other court writers, such as Izumi Shikibu, Akazome Emon and Sei Shōnagon. Murasaki includes her observations and opinions throughout, bringing to...