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The Dog Pillow


Inu makura or The Dog Pillow (犬枕?) is an early-Edo period Japanese literary parody of The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon. The title has also been translated as The Mongrel Pillow.

Sei Shōnagon's observations of the Heian court at the end of the tenth-century in The Pillow Book (枕草子 Makura no sōshi?) include passages that resemble a poetic diary, others in an essay-like style, as well as a number of poetic catalogues or 'detailing of things' (ものはつくし?). For instance, under the heading Elegant Things: 'a white coat worn over a violet waistcoat, duck eggs, shaved ice mixed with liana syrup placed in a new silver bowl, rock-crystal prayer beads, wisteria blossoms, plum blossoms covered with snow, a beautiful child eating strawberries'.


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