The Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings by Ihara Saikaku

The Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings

Ihara Saikaku with Ivan Morris (Translator)

403 pages first pub 1686 (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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