Question

In this book, a woman sends a drawing of an umbrella to express her disappointment with the narrator, who replies with a drawing of heavy rainfall. This book contains an allegory about a dog that is beaten unconscious and left on the street for barking at a popular cat. A parody called the “Dog” version of this book was published alongside “Mad Verses.” This book opens with passages beginning “In spring, the dawn…in (*) summer, the evenings,” which list the best time of day to view each of the four seasons.. This book includes people blowing (10[1])their nose (10[1])while speaking among “things (10[1])that give (10[1])a pathetic (10[2])impression,” (10[3])which joins sections like “Elegant (10[1])Things” and “Hateful (-5[1])Things” (10[1])among this (10[1])book’s many lists. For 10 points, name this book of musings about court life (10[1])in the (10[1])Heian era, written by Sei Shonagon. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: The Pillow Book [or Makura no Sōshi]
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023N6100%33%17%91.33
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023N3100%0%0%96.67
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%0%101.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%102.00
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2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%0%0%111.25
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond WangHutto HipposThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B9410
Eric WolfsbergIt's JoeverStanford A9610
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry10010
Rahul KeyalWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Againmeet the new weird, same as the old weird10210
Jason Golfinos[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Berkeley A10410
Daniel SheinbergUG Championship Players (and Mazin)Columbia B10410
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford B10510
Chris MannersDr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, IraqRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang10510
KrolMagisters LudiBroken Imperial Nomads10510
Andrej VukovicCameron et al.Parth et al.11010
OmerOxford HornetsBuzzers Karamazov113-5
Tony ChenThe Passion According to C.H.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz11410
King VidorWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSUHouston and friends11610
Richard NiuCornell B-Cornell C++13010
Gareth ThorlaksonNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleMilan et al.13210
BenBuzzers KaramazovOxford Hornets13910