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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 their nose while speaking among “things that give a pathetic impression,” which joins sections like “Elegant (10[1])Things” and “Hateful Things” (10[1])among this book’s many lists. For 10 points, name this book of musings about court life in the (10[1])Heian era, written by Sei Shonagon. ■END■

ANSWER: The Pillow Book [or Makura no Sōshi]
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Andrej VukovicCameron et al.Parth et al.11010
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