Festivals celebrated near the Palace and the zigzag path to the temple at Kurama are among the things that are distant though near.  
This work mentions that little sparrows, a rat's nest, and "people who do not bathe for a long time even though the weather is hot" give the author an unclean feeling.  In another section, we learn that a night with a clear moon and the "objects used during the display of dolls" are things that arouse a fond memory of the past.  Knotweed, a doctor of literature, and a provisional senior steward are among the things that look commonplace but that become impressive when written in Chinese characters.  Festivals celebrated near the Palace and the zigzag path to the temple at Kurama are among the things that are distant though near.  These are among the roughly 320 sections of this work, whose author worked as an attendant to Empress Sadako beginning in the year 990.  FTP, name this book written during the Heian period by Sei Shonagon.
This work mentions that little sparrows, a rat's nest, and "people who do not bathe for a long time even though the weather is hot" give the author an unclean feeling.  
The Pillow Book (or: Makura no soshi)