erotic drama

The Pillow Book is a 1996 erotic drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, which stars Vivian Wu as Nagiko, a Japanese model in search of pleasure and new cultural experience from various lovers.

a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shonagon during Sei Shonagon's time as court lady to Empress Consort Teishi during the 990s and early 1000s in Heian Japan

The Pillow Book is a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shonagon during Sei Shonagon's time as court lady to Empress Consort Teishi during the 990s and early 1000s in Heian Japan.

erotic

The Pillow Book is a 1996 erotic drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, which stars Vivian Wu as Nagiko, a Japanese model in search of pleasure and new cultural experience from various lovers.

auteur Peter Greenaway's erotically-charged drama about love, death, revenge and the indelible nature of our earliest memories

Beautiful to behold and impossible to forget, THE PILLOW BOOK is auteur Peter Greenaway's erotically-charged drama about love, death, revenge and the indelible nature of our earliest memories.

prose poetry

A Pillow Book might be thought of as prose poetry, a novel, or even a collection of lyric essays, depending on who takes who off the shelf.

in the genre known as zuihitsu

The Pillow Book exists in the genre known as zuihitsu and comprises critical commentaries, short-form poetry, and random vignettes.

a hybrid text in the form of a diary, which includes stories, anecdotes, gossip, poems and character portraits

The Pillow Book is a hybrid text in the form of a diary, which includes stories, anecdotes, gossip, poems and character portraits.

director Peter Greenaway's celebration of the literary and calligraphic potential of cinema, and the eroticism of inscription

The Pillow Book is director Peter Greenaway's celebration of the literary and calligraphic potential of cinema, and the eroticism of inscription.

a smart, funny, provocative collection of lists, research into pillows and sleeplessness, and details about all kinds of people, including famous insomniacs

A Pillow Book is a smart, funny, provocative collection of lists, research into pillows and sleeplessness, and details about all kinds of people, including famous insomniacs.

a fantasy and romance epic of fifty-six episodes

: The Pillow Book is a fantasy and romance epic of fifty-six episodes.

an open-ended and spontaneous collection of fragments

A PILLOW BOOK is an open-ended and spontaneous collection of fragments, and as such may include lists, observations, poems, short personal essays and diary entries.

by Peter Greenaway, which stars Vivian Wu as Nagiko, a Japanese model in search of pleasure and from various lovers

The Pillow Book is a 1996 erotic drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, which stars Vivian Wu as Nagiko, a Japanese model in search of pleasure and new cultural experience from various lovers.

a collection of anecdotes, lists, and assorted writings that is one of the best sources of information concerning the court society of the 10th century and is considered an influential landmark in the history of Japanese literature.[9]

The Pillow Book is a collection of anecdotes, lists, and assorted writings that is one of the best sources of information concerning the court society of the 10th century and is considered an influential landmark in the history of Japanese literature.[9]

a classic of Japanese literature

The Pillow Book is a classic of Japanese literature.

a hybrid work whose combination of narrative sketches, desultory reflections, and categorical lists was held in generic limbo, known by its author and title or simply as “book” from the time of the time's composition in the late 10th century to 1774

The Pillow Book) is a hybrid work whose combination of narrative sketches, desultory reflections, and categorical lists was held in generic limbo, known by its author and title or simply as “book” from the time of the time's composition in the late 10th century to 1774.

mystery/folklore/fantasy/fairy tale

This book is a mystery/folklore/fantasy/fairy tale.

a sensual exploration of memory and a hot-blooded revenge fantasy

The Pillow Book is alternately a sensual exploration of memory and a hot-blooded revenge fantasy, but ...

a sensual tale of passion, obsession and revenge

The Pillow Book' is a sensual tale of passion, obsession and revenge.

a collection of private night thoughts, both personal and philosophical

The pillow book, invented a thousand years ago by a Japanese lady of the court, Sei Shonagon, is a collection of private night thoughts, both personal and philosophical.

romance, mystery, humor, fantasy, horror and science fiction

The genres include romance, mystery, humor, fantasy, horror and science fiction.