What is the best translation of The Pillow Book?

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For most readers, the Meredith McKinney translation (2006) of The Pillow Book is the best place to start: Meredith McKinney's 2006 Penguin translation is the one I'd start with — complete, and written in lively, sometimes colloquial English that lets you actually hear Sei Shōnagon's quick, opinionated voice instead of muffling her in archaic prose. This is where I'd start. For the classic, consider Ivan Morris (1967). For the free classic, consider Arthur Waley (1928).

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