# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sei-shonagon
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:12:23.223Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sei-shonagon"
name: "Sei Shōnagon"
slug: "sei-shonagon"
description: "Sei Shōnagon , or Seijo , was a Japanese author, poet, and court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000, during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book ."
tagline: "Japanese author and court lady"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sei_Shonagon2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "966"
deathDate: "1025"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.663732
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794839/"
    handle:    "nm0794839"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump