The Life of an Amorous Woman
Title | The Life of an Amorous Woman PDF eBook |
Author | 井原西鶴 |
Publisher | New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | 420 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780811201872 |
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."--Back cover.
Life of an Amorous Man
Title | Life of an Amorous Man PDF eBook |
Author | Saikaku Ihara |
Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 2011-09-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1462902014 |
First published in 1682, The Life of an Amorous Man depicts the pursuits and follies of the glorious age of old Japan, when the new bourgeoisie, unfettered by the societal constraints of the traditional aristocracy, indulged in the free and easy life of Japan’s celebrated pleasure houses. The hero of this fascinating novel is a composite of the many daijin (men of wealth) who spent their time in these flourishing establishments. The novel follows the hero, Yonosuke, or “Man of the World,” from precocious childhood to the close of his amatory career. Along the way, Saikaku exploits the full gamut of his sexual indulgence, always the frankness, often with humor, and occasionally with pathos — chronicling the erotic escapades of his hero and providing vivid character sketches of the women (and sometimes men) with whom Yonosuke dallied.
The Life of an Amorous Woman, and Other Writings
Title | The Life of an Amorous Woman, and Other Writings PDF eBook |
Author | Saikaku Ihara |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 402 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780811201872 |
Amorous Woman
Title | Amorous Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Donna Storey |
Publisher | Stone Bridge Press |
Total Pages | 244 |
Release | 2012-08-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1611729009 |
An American woman's sexual awakening in Japan, testing the limits of love and sensual pleasure
The Life of an Amorous Woman, and Other Writings ... Edited and Translated by Ivan Morris. [With Illustrations.].
Title | The Life of an Amorous Woman, and Other Writings ... Edited and Translated by Ivan Morris. [With Illustrations.]. PDF eBook |
Author | Saikaku |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Five Women Who Loved Love
Title | Five Women Who Loved Love PDF eBook |
Author | Ihara Saikaku |
Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | 274 |
Release | 1989-12-15 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1462903002 |
"Five charming novellas … which have astonishing freshness, color, and warmth."-- The New Yorker First 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 popularity has only increased with age, making it a literary classic like Boccaccio's Decameron, or the works of Rabelais. Each of the five stories follows a determined woman on her quest for amorous adventure: The Story of Seijuro in Himeji -- Onatsu, already wise in the ways of love the tender age of sixteen. The Barrelmaker Brimful of Love -- Osen, a faithful wife until unjustly accused of adultery. What the Seasons Brought the Almanac Maker-- Osan, a Kyoto beauty who falls asleep in the wrong bed. The Greengrocer's Daughter with a Bundle of Love -- Oshichi, willing to burn down a city to meet her samurai lover. Gengobei, the Mountain of Love -- Oman, who has to compete with handsome boys to win her lover's affections. But the book is more than a collection of skillfully told erotic tales, for "Saikaku …could not delve into the inmost secrets of human life only to expose them to ridicule or snickering prurience. Obviously fascinated by the variety and complexity of human love, but always retaining a sense of its intrinsic dignity … he is both a discriminating and compassionate judge of his fellow man." Saikaku's style, as allusive as it is witty, is a challenge that few translators have dared to face, and certainly never before with the success here. Accentuated by gorgeous 17th-century illustrations. Theodore de Bary's translation manages to recapture the heady flavor of the original in this sumptuous collection of romantic tales.
A Monstrous Regiment of Women
Title | A Monstrous Regiment of Women PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie R. King |
Publisher | Minotaur Books |
Total Pages | 336 |
Release | 1995-07-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429936525 |
Winner of the Nero Wolfe Award It is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. Independent at last, with a passion for divinity and detective work, her most baffling mystery may now involve Holmes and the burgeoning of a deeper affection between herself and the retired detective. Russell's attentions turn to the New Temple of God and its leader, Margery Childe, a charismatic suffragette and a mystic, whose draw on the young theology scholar is irresistible. But when four bluestockings from the Temple turn up dead shortly after changing their wills, could sins of a capital nature be afoot? Holmes and Russell investigate, as their partnership takes a surprising turn in A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King.