Vita sexualis. / Translated from the Japanese by Kazuji Ninomiya & Sanford Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mori, Ōgai, 1862-1922.

Standardized Title:

Ita sekusuarisu. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

153 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Rutland, Vt. : C. E. Tuttle Co., [1972]

Summary:

Though banned three weeks after its publication in 1909, Vita Sexualis is far more than a prurient erotic novel. The narrator, a professor of philosophy, wrestles with issues of sexual desire, sex education, and the proper place of sensuality. His story explores his own journey into sexual awareness, spanning fifteen years, from his first exposure to erotic wood-cuts at the age of six, to his first physical response to a woman, and his eventual encounter with a professional courtesan. Beyond being a poignant account of one boy's coming of age, Vita Sexualis is also an important record of Japan's moral struggles during the cultural upheaval of the last years of the Meiji era.

Notes:

Translation of Ita sekusuarisu.

ISBN:

0804810486

OCLC:

508273