The author also remarks that summer and winter, laughter and anger, and rain and mist are all things that cannot be compared, and also lists duck eggs, a white coat worn over a violet waistcoat, and a pretty child eating strawberries as "elegant things."
The author of this text notes that it is embarrassing to have spoken about someone without noticing that they could hear you. The author also remarks that summer and winter, laughter and anger, and rain and mist are all things that cannot be compared, and also lists duck eggs, a white coat worn over a violet waistcoat, and a pretty child eating strawberries as "elegant things." Widely cited at the epitome of zuihitsu, for 10 points, name this collection of loosely connected lists and musings, written in the Heian period by Sei Shonagon.
The author of this text notes that it is embarrassing to have spoken about someone without noticing that they could hear you.
The {Pillow Book} [or {Makura no Soshi}]