The Pillow Book: Reading Makes Me Tired

by Sean Fallon on March 25, 2007 · 4 comments

in Misc. Gadgets

Pillow Book

Damn. I could have used one of these in college.

The Pillow Book is available for 12000 Yen ($102).

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A Book That Really Puts You To Sleep
March 27, 2007 at 4:37 am
No es un libro, es una… almohada!!
March 3, 2008 at 4:20 pm

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bookishboy March 31, 2007 at 1:55 pm

This is actually a clever pun, especially considering that it’s coming out of Asia.

There were several famous Pillow Books, if I remember correctly they were often written by women who were in high social/court circles, and widely distributed and read. They were something of a cross between a diary, poetry book, and gossip column…. though seldom referring to people by name, a Pillow Book would often give sideways hints at who was sleeping with who, way back when.

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Sean Fallon March 31, 2007 at 4:42 pm

Thanks bookishboy for that bit of information. Very interesting.

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