The Diary is so good all the court diaries are amazing, very personal and wonderful reads. Pillow book is like note book by Murasaki's court rival and its full of open wit while the Diary is very keen on court life.
Half the fun of it is the translation notes scrambling to try to figure out who the tea is about. Everyone is only addressed by use-name (why she’s called “Lady Purple”)
There’s also so much layering to court culture and clothing my edition even had a list of seasonal colors and plants for that year
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There’s also so much layering to court culture and clothing my edition even had a list of seasonal colors and plants for that year