For Sei Shonagan, “Hateful Things”: During the Heian period, the finest writers of the day were by and large aristocratic women of middle rank like Sei Shonagon. How does “Hateful Things” reflect the prominence of women in court?
What will be an ideal response?
From the selection “Hateful Things” we see that the aesthetics of the Heian period were largely defined by women like Sei Shonagan. In this passage, we see the author literally defining the tastes of the court based on her personal preferences and dismissing things that did not agree with those preferences. Thus, Sei Shonagon and other prominent women were not simply just women of the court, but in many ways they defined the court and its decorum.
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