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The Floating World in Japanese Fiction
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The Floating World in Japanese Fiction, The Japan of the Floating World is one of the most fascinating and important eras in the history of Asian art and culture. The fiction of this time, called ukiyo-zoshi or Tales of the Floating World, brought to life a complex world of rakish shopkeepe, The Floating World in Japanese Fiction
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  • The Floating World in Japanese Fiction
  • Written by author Howard S. Hibbett
  • Published by Tuttle Publishing, 2002/06/01
  • The Japan of the "Floating World" is one of the most fascinating and important eras in the history of Asian art and culture. The fiction of this time, called ukiyo-zoshi or "Tales of the Floating World," brought to life a complex world of rakish shopkeepe
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Preface vii
Acknowledgements xiii
Part 1 The Ukiyo-zoshi and the Floating World
I. Genroku 3
II. Pleasures of the Ukiyo 23
III. Saikaku 36
IV. Kiseki and the Hachimonji-Ya 50
V. Ukiyo-E and Genroku Fiction 65
VI. Eccentricities of the Ukiyo-Zoshi 83
Part 2 Figures of the Floating World
from Characters of Worldly Young Women 99
A Wayward Wife 104
from Characters of Worldly Young Men 113
A Spendthrift 117
A Swaggerer 125
A Prig 132
A Rake 139
A Worthless Trio 145
from The Woman Who Spent Her Life in Love 153
An Old Crone's Hermitage 154
Musical and Dancing Festivities 160
Provincial Lord's Favourite 165
Wanton Beauties 172
Courtesan of Middle Rank 180
In the Lower Ranks of the Gay Quarter 186
Lady Etiquette-Teacher and Letter-Writer 193
Maidservant of a Townsman 198
Ruined by Love in Ishigaki 205
The Buddha's Five Hundred Disciples--All Very Familiar! 213
Notes 218
Index 231


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