枕まくら草ぞう紙し

noun

private diary; pillow book

Archaic term for a personal diary or miscellany kept near the pillow, often containing reflections, anecdotes, and lists. The most famous example is Sei Shōnagon's 'The Pillow Book'.

• 清せい少しょう納な言ごんの枕まくら草紙ぞうしは、平へい安あん時じ代だいの随ずい筆ひつとして有ゆう名めいだ。

  Sei Shōnagon's Pillow Book is famous as a Heian-period essay collection.

noun

book of erotic pictures

Historical use for a collection of erotic or pornographic illustrations, often kept discreetly.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、枕まくら草紙ぞうしと呼よばれる艶本えほんが密ひそかに流りゅう通つうしていた。

  During the Edo period, erotic books called 枕草紙 were secretly circulated.