Life of an Amorous Woman
Saikaku, chronicler of the Floating World, that period when Japan closed its doors to the outside and livened things up all 'round Edo, where Geishas tred and samurai vied with merchants for prominence, is most-famous for this book. It's the retold story of a woman who for various reasons had a career that spanned all aspects of the sensual life. Betimes a Geisha, a madame, a monk, and a bathhouse servant, she tells all to her young charges, and gives advice for how to visit a courtesan....
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Saikaku, chronicler of the Floating World, that period when Japan closed its doors to the outside and livened things up all 'round Edo, where Geishas tred and samurai vied with merchants for prominence, is most-famous for this book. It's the retold story of a woman who for various reasons had a career that spanned all aspects of the sensual life. Betimes a Geisha, a madame, a monk, and a bathhouse servant, she tells all to her young charges, and gives advice for how to visit a courtesan. Classic often compared to Cleland's Fanny Hill, written in a similar timeframe, albeit on an island far away.
