This Scheming World: Classic Tales of Desire, Deception and Greed in Old Japan

by Ihara Saikaku

Book Overview

A Great Classic of Japanese literature and the masterpiece of novelist Ihara Saikaku--now in a completely new and revised edition with introduction by noted scholar David J. Gundry

The culmination of Saikaku's perceptive genius, the 20 short stories within This Scheming World recount raucous events and incidents on New Year's Eve as everyone tries to settle their debts for the year, as is the New Year's custom. Crafty money lenders...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4805317108
• ISBN13: 9784805317105
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.9"