Hateful Things in 1002 AD

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When I say The Pillow Book, written by Sei Shōnagon in the late 990s AD, reads like a Tumblr, you might reasonably assume I'm being wry and somewhat exaggerated: "ohhhh, this thing from 1000 years ago is just like things we write today [if you

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