
Edging Toward Japan: Samuel Pepys and Sei Shonagon - the ultimate love match (2025/5/25)
Sei Shonagon (Painting by Uemura Shoen, 1917-18. Public domain) By Damian Flanagan A few weeks ago, I attended a rather unusual concert in Cambridge, England. All the pieces of music dated from the time of the famous English diarist Samuel Pepys (1633-1703 …