| Description |
264 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm |
| Series |
Tut books. L |
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Tut books. L.
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| Contents |
The story of Sejuro in Himeji -- The barrelmaker brimful of love -- What the seasons brought the almanac maker -- The greengrocer's daughter with a bundle of love -- Gengobei, the mountain of love |
| Summary |
First published in 1686, Five Women Who Loved Love was an immediate bestseller in the bawdy, life-loving world that was Genroku Japan. And the novel's popularity has, if anything, increased with the years, making it today a classic like Boccaccio's Decameron or the writings of Rabelais. The book follows five determined women in their always amorous and usually illicit adventures. The five heroines are Onatsu, already wise in the ways of love by the age of sixteen; Osen, a faithful wife until unjustly accused of adultery; Osan, a Kyoto beauty who falls asleep in the wrong bed; Oshichi, willing to burn down a city to meet her samurai lover; and Oman, who has to compete with handsome boys to win her lover's affections |
| Analysis |
American fiction |
| Notes |
Trans. of Koshoku gonin onna |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 264) |
| Notes |
A copy of this title was donated by Professor Ron Klein |
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Translation of Koshoku gonin onna |
| Subject |
Japanese ficion -- Edo period, 1600-1868
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Japanese fiction -- Edo period, 1600-1868.
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Man-woman relationships.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115660
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Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069582
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| Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Author |
De Bary, Wm. Theodore, 1919-2017.
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| LC no. |
55010619 |
| ISBN |
0804801843 |
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9780804801843 |
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9784805310120 (paperback) |
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