Ihara Saikaku
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Ihara Saikaku was a Japanese poet and creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose.
Tomb of Ihara Saikaku, in Seigan temple, Osaka.
The Life of an Amorous Woman
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The Life of an Amorous Woman is a Japanese short novel by Ihara Saikaku which depicts the ukiyo of Edo period Japan. It was first published in Osaka in 1686, consisting of six volumes each divided int
Ihara Saikaku
…Five Women Who Loved Love (好色五人女, Kōshoku Gonin Onna; 1685) The Life of an Amorous Woman (好色一代女, Kōshoku Ichidai Onna; 1686) (made into the 1952 movie The Life of Oharu by Kenji Mizoguchi) The Great Mirror of Male Love (The Encyclopedia of…
1963 edition