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      Life of an Amorous Man

      by Ihara Saikaku
      Published
      Jan 1964
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      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      224
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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 hero, Yonosuke, whose name means "Man of the World," is followed from his precocious childhood to the close of his amatory career. His erotic escapades are chronicled, always with frankness and often with pathos. The character sketches of the women (and sometimes men) with whom he dallied are vividly portrayed.

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      First Edition Jan 1964 Tuttle+publishing ISBN13 9780804803816 ISBN10 0804803811
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      Sep 2011 Tuttle Publishing ISBN10 B005M2AHWM
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