The Floating World in Japanese Fiction

by Hibbett, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780804834643
• ISBN10: 0804834644
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Author Biography

Howard Hibbett is Professor Emeritus at the Reischauer Institute of Harvard University and an acclaimed translator and interpreter of Japanese literature

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	xiii
Part One The Ukiyo-zoshi and the Floating World
Genroku	3	(20)
Pleasures of the Ukiyo	23	(13)
Saikaku	36	(14)
Kiseki and the Hachimonji-Ya	50	(15)
Ukiyo-E and Genroku Fiction	65	(18)
Eccentricities of the Ukiyo-Zoshi	83	(21)
Part Two Figures of the Floating World
from Characters of Worldly Young Women	99	(5)
Ejima Kiseki
A Wayward Wife	104	(13)
Characters of Worldly Young Men	113	(4)
Ejima Kiseki
Spendthrift	117	(8)
Swaggerer	125	(7)
Prig	132	(7)
Rake	139	(6)
A Worthless Trio	145	(9)
from The Women Who Spent Her Life in Love	153	(1)
Ihara Saikaku
An Old Crone's Hermitage	154	(6)
Musical and Dancing Festivities	160	(5)
Provincial Lord's Favourite	165	(7)
Wanton Beauties	172	(8)
Courtesan of Middle Rank	180	(6)
In the Lower Ranks of the Gay Quarter	186	(7)
Lady Etiquette-Teacher and Letter-Writer	193	(5)
Maidservant of a Townsman	198	(7)
Ruined by Love in Ishigaki	205	(8)
The Buddha's Five Hundred Disciples-All Very Familiar!	213	(5)
Notes	218	(13)
Index	231