Ihara Saikaku

• 1964
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First published in 1682, The Life of an Amorous Man depicts the pursuits and follies of the most glorious age of Japan, when wealthy commoners could rise above the warrior caste and indulge in the free and easy life of Japan's pleasure houses. The he...

• Jan-1969
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“The fine style of writing and the clear outlines of illustration, which are not even remotely ‘suggestive’ give Saikaku’s pornography grace and wit and charity.” ―James Kirkup

• Dec-1980
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• Dec-1989
• / General Fiction
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"Five charming novellas … which have astonishing freshness, color, and warmth."-- The New YorkerFirst published in 1686, this collection of five novellas by Ihara Saikaku was an immediate bestseller in the bawdy world of Genroku Japan. The book's p...

• Apr-1991
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The first complete translation of Nanshoku okagami by Ihara Saikaku (1642-93), this is a collection of 40 stories describing homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys and between young kabuki actors and their middle-class patrons. Seventee...

• Dec-2011
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This Scheming World (Seken Munasanyo) was published in 1692, one year before the author’s death. It represents the culmination of Saikaku’s perceptive genius, and in structure, is one of the most consolidated of all his works. Most of the stories...

• Aug-2015
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Amor entre Samurais é uma seleção de contos homoeróticos de um dos mais populares autores do Japão no século XVII, Ihara Saikaku. Estes contos foram os primeiros textos de Saikaku a chegar ao Ocidente, na década de ...