The author of this work dubbed it the literature of "okashi", or charming, and this work became the model for the genre known as "zuihitsu", or miscellany.  Items such as "snow on the houses of common people", and "a woman of the lower classes dressed in a scarlet-trouser sk
The author of this work dubbed it the literature of "okashi", or charming, and this work became the model for the genre known as "zuihitsu", or miscellany.  Items such as "snow on the houses of common people", and "a woman of the lower classes dressed in a scarlet-trouser skirt" fall under this work's chapter entitled Vexatious Things, while a similar list comprises another chapter titled Beautiful Things.  Written under the patronage of Empress Sadako in the late 10th century, FTP, identify this work of Japanese literature by Sei Shonagon.
The author of this work dubbed it the literature of "okashi", or charming, and this work became the model for the genre known as "zuihitsu", or miscellany.  
The Pillow Book or Makura no soshi