Sei Shōnagon
Heian-era Japanese author of The Pillow Book
Sei Shōnagon (Heian-era Japanese author of The Pillow Book) is discussed on podcasts in TMT.
Discussed in
658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1)The Rest Is History · Apr 5, 2026 · 1 h 3 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the origins of Japan's samurai, from the Tokugawa shogunate and the Bushido myth back to the 10th-century warlord Taira no Masakado.