Ihara, Saikaku, 1642-1693. Five women who loved love / [electronic resource] Parellel title on cover: Koshoku goninonna Subtitle on cover: Amorous tales from 17th-century Japan / by Ihara Saikaku ; translated by Wm. Theodore de Bary ; with a background essay by Richard Lane ; and the 17th-century illustrations by Yoshida Hambei.. — Rutland, Vt. : : Tuttle,, 1956. — 264 p. : : ill. ; 19 cm. — (Tut books. L).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264).

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.



ISBN: 0804801843 9780804801843

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Japanese fiction--Edo period, 1600-1868.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Japan--Social life and customs--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ3 / .I235 Fi PL794.A22 / F5 1956

Dewey Class. No.: 895.6332