In one section of this work, a dog is nearly beaten to death after it makes the mistake of attacking a cat which had been granted the headdress of nobility.
In one section of this work, a dog is nearly beaten to death after it makes the mistake of attacking a cat which had been granted the headdress of nobility. In another section, a comical chamberlain leaves his shoes on a serving-board, which causes much indignation. The earliest extant version of this work is known as the Maedabon and dates from the 13th century, and is known as one of the bunruiteki versions, in contrast to the zassanteki versions such as the Sankanbon. It is comprised of a number of short sections with such titles as "things that give a clean feeling" and "things worth seeing." FTP, name this work probably written around the year 1000 AD by Sei Shonagon.
In one section of this work, a dog is nearly beaten to death after it makes the mistake of attacking a cat which had been granted the headdress of nobility.
The {Pillow Book} or {Makura no soshi}