The Life Of An Amorous Man by Saikaku Ihara
A rakish narrator recounts, with brisk wit and satirical eye, his lifelong pursuit of pleasure in the bustling pleasure quarters and streets of early modern Japan: beginning as an eager young seducer, he cycles through countless affairs, gambling, debts, and schemes, moving between cities and social ranks as he learns to seduce, manipulate, and be manipulated. The episodic memoir traces how appetite for amour brings both sumptuous pleasures and humiliating losses, illuminating the commerce of desire and the social life of the urban underworld while gradually exposing the emptiness and consequences of a life spent chasing fleeting erotic delights.
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- Published
- 1682
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 233
- Original Language
- Japanese
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- Alternate Titles
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- Koshoku Ichidai Otoko
- Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko
- 好色一代男
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