清少納言

The initial 清 (Sei) is short for her family name 清原 (Kiyohara), while 少納言 (shōnagon, “lesser counselor of state”) refers to a position probably held by one of her husbands or close relatives. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

清(せい)少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん) • (Sei Shōnagon) ^{←せいせうなごん (Sei Seunagon)?}

1. pen name of a mid-Heian period poet and court lady, possibly 清原諾子 (Kiyohara no Nagiko), famous for authoring 枕草子 (Makura no Sōshi, “The Pillow Book”)

• 清(せい)少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん)集(しゅう) (Sei Shōnagon-shū)

• 清少納言 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Sei Shōnagon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia