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This Scheming World


Author(s): Ihara, Saikaku
ISBN10:  0804833397
ISBN13:  9780804833394
Format:  Paperback
Pub. Date:  11/15/2005
Publisher(s): Tuttle Pub
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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Originally published in 1692, this is a biting and humorous look at the commoners and their New Year's resolutions.
Foreword 7(12)
The Extravagant Wives of Wholesalers
19(5)
Pawning an Old Halberd Sheath
24(6)
When Ise Lobsters Were as Scarce as Crimson Leaves in Springtime
30(7)
The Mouse Messenger
37(5)
The One-Momme Club
42(7)
It's Expensive to Lie When You're Lying Low
49(5)
Sensible Advice on Domestic Economy
54(6)
Life and Doorposts: Both Are Borrowed
60(5)
The Opening Performance by the New Players
65(6)
How Lovely the Sight of Rice-Cake Flowers at New Year's
71(6)
Golden Dreams
77(5)
Even Gods Make Mistakes Sometimes
82(6)
The Night of Insults
88(6)
The Kitchen Floor Parties of Nara
94(5)
When Masters Exchange Houses
99(5)
The Pillar Rice-Cakes of Nagasaki
104(5)
A Night Auction at the Year-End
109(6)
Blinds from Brush-Holders
115(5)
Hirataro
120(6)
The Perennially Prosperous Shops of Edo
126
Saikaku Ihara (1641-93), wrote such classics as Five Women Who Loved Love; Comrade Loves of the Samurai; and The Life of an Amorous Woman.

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