The Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings

The Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings

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One of the great writers of Japan, Ihara Saikaku (1623-93) wrote of the lowest class in the Tokugawa world — the townsmen who were rising in wealth and power but not in official status. Th…

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