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The life of an amorous woman : and other writings / by Ihara Saikaku ; edited and translated by Ivan Morris.
LIBRA - Special PL794 .K613 1969
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ihara, Saikaku, 1642-1693.
- Series:
- New Directions paperbook ; 270.
- UNESCO collection of representative literary works
- A New Directions paperbook ; NDP 270
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Ihara, Saikaku, 1642-1693--Criticism and interpretation.
- Ihara, Saikaku.
- Ihara, Saikaku, 1642-1693.
- Japanese literature--Edo period, 1600-1868.
- Japanese literature.
- Japanese literature--Edo period.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Japan--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Japan.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 402 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition New Directions paperback.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Directions Book, 1969.
- Summary:
- Ihara Saikaku "wrote of the lowest class in the Tokugawa world -- the townsmen who were rising in wealth and power but not in official status."--Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Introduction.
- Five women who chose love ... [selections].
- The life of an amorous woman ... [selections].
- The eternal storehouse of Japan ... [selections].
- Reckonings that carry men through the world ... [selections].
- Appendices: Sources ... Selected bibliography; Notes; Index to notes.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Kōshoku ichidai onna.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0811201872 :
- 9780811201872
- OCLC:
- 9664879
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