Return to Empress Teishi at the Small Palace
· Small Palace in the Second Ward, Heian-kyō (Kyoto), Japan
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional public-domain work of art (CC PDM 1.0) · file After Empress Teishi moved from court during her pregnancy, Shōnagon returned to her household at the Small Palace in the Second Ward and described entering the empress’s presence after a period of estrangement. The Small Palace’s exact site is not identified in the source; coordinates represent central Heian-kyō. The date is autumn 996, so year-level precision is retained.
