LIFE of An AMOROUS MAN ~ SAIKAKU IHARA / 1st 1964 Tuttle Japanese Erotic

Description: THE LIFE OF AN AMOROUS MAN. by Saikaku Ihara ; translated by Kengi Hamada; Masakazu Kuwata [Illustrator]; Vermont; Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co, Date: 1964. First edition (stated) of Kengi Hamada's translation of this classic erotic Japanese novel, following the life and sexual exploits of Yonosuke. The first edition of this translation by Kengi Hamada. Cloth hardcover with silver lettering title to spine embossed design front cover very good condition in price clipped dust jacket with sunning to spine and small closed edge tears else intact; 233 pages. The Life of an Amorous Man depicts the pursuits and follies of the most 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 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 sexual indulgence, always with 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.

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