UTA MAKURA PILLOW POEMS

In 10th Century Japan Sei Shonagon ladyinwaiting to the Empress wrote of the goingson at the Japanese court Fearing vengeance she hid these secret notes in her pillow UTA MAKURA is also a collection of humorous observations on modernday Japan ranging from waterfalls to shopping malls from kids in kimonos to fresh makimonos from ancient wisteria to teen age hysteria from homemade noodles to live painted poodles