The Life of an Amorous Man by Ihara Saikaku
The Life of an Amorous Man

Ihara Saikaku

The Life of an Amorous Man

Ihara Saikaku with Kenji Hamada

233 pages first pub 1682 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced
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One of the great fiction writers of Japan, Ihara Saikaku (1623-93) wrote of the lowest class in the Tokugawa world--the townsmen who were rising in wealth and power but not in official status. The title story in this collection of 12 works, told b...

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