As for the literature, female nobles played important roles as Sei Shonagon wrote "Makura no Soshi" (The Pillow Book), Murasaki Shikibu wrote "Genji Monogatari" (The Tale of Genji).
文学の世界では、女性の活躍が目ざましく清少納言が『枕草子』、紫式部が『源氏物語』を書いた。