Comments on: The Pillow Book: Reading Makes Me Tired http://nerdapproved.com/misc-gadgets/the-pillow-book-reading-makes-me-tired/ Sat, 26 May 2012 18:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sean Fallon http://nerdapproved.com/misc-gadgets/the-pillow-book-reading-makes-me-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-24014 Sean Fallon Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:42:49 +0000 http://nerdapproved.com/misc-gadgets/the-pillow-book-reading-makes-me-tired/#comment-24014 Thanks bookishboy for that bit of information. Very interesting. Thanks bookishboy for that bit of information. Very interesting.

]]> By: bookishboy http://nerdapproved.com/misc-gadgets/the-pillow-book-reading-makes-me-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-23996 bookishboy Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:55:57 +0000 http://nerdapproved.com/misc-gadgets/the-pillow-book-reading-makes-me-tired/#comment-23996 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. 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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