It was an era of great joy and great art, from Murasaki Shikibu's "Tale of Genji" (illustrated above in a 12th-century drawing) to Sei Shonagon's "Pillow Book".

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Drawing from these materials, he composed a work of psychology in a red leather journal which he illustrated with his own paintings, continuing to work on it up to 1930.