The Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings (UNESCO

The Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings (UNESCO Collection of Representative Literary Works)
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â€œThe fine style of writing and the clear outlines of illustration, which are not even remotely â€˜suggestiveâ€™ give Saikakuâ€™s pornography grace and wit and charity.â€ â€•James Kirkup
One of the great fiction writers of Japan, Ihara Saikaku (1623-93) wrote of the lowest class in the Tokugawa worldâ€•the townsmen who were rising in wealth and power but not in official status. The title story in this collection of 12 works, told by an again beauty whose highly erotic nature is her constant undoing, ranges over all of 17th century Japanese life. The narrator is successively wife, court lady, courtesan, priestâ€™s concubine, mistress of a feudal lord and streetwalker. Ivan Morris, chairman of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures of Columbia University has done a brilliant translation, an introduction, extensive notes, bibliography and two essays on social customs of the period.
Country USA
Brand New Directions
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780811201872
ReleaseDate 1969-01-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811201872

The Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings (UNESCO Collection of Representative Literary Works)