This Scheming World: Classic Tales of Desire, Deception and Greed in Old Japan - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ihara Saikaku, Masanori Takatsuka (Translator)Series:Tuttle SpecialsPublish date:10/21/2025Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9780804859325ISBN-10:804859329UPC:9780804859325Book Category:Literary Collections, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Asian, Cultural & RegionalBook Topic:JapaneseSize:6.00 x 9.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC9NJRJZNW
This Scheming World: Classic Tales of Desire, Deception and Greed in Old Japan
A Great Classic of Japanese literature and the masterpiece of novelist Ihara Saikaku--now in a completely new and revised edition with introduction by noted scholar David J. Gundry The culmination of Saikaku's perceptive genius, the 20 short stories within This Scheming World recount raucous events and incidents on New Year's Eve as everyone tries to settle their debts for the year, as is the New...
Series: Tuttle Specials
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9780804859325ISBN-10:804859329UPC:9780804859325Book Category:Literary Collections, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Asian, Cultural & RegionalBook Topic:JapaneseSize:6.00 x 9.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC9NJRJZNW
Ihara Saikaku (1641-1693) has been called "the greatest popular Japanese novelist of the 17th century." He began as a successful merchant in the up-and-coming city of Osaka. The tragedy of losing his wife and daughter moved him to abandon his business and become a roving Buddhist monk and for twenty years he wrote haiku verse and prose. Saikaku founded the Ukiyo-zoshi (Floating World) genre of...
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