This scheming world : classic tales of desire, deception and greed in old Japan
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This scheming world : classic tales of desire, deception and greed in old Japan
(Books to span the East & West)
Tuttle Pub., c2023
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世間胸算用
世間胸算用
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
井原西鶴『世間胸算用』の英訳版。
Table of Contents
- The Extravagant Wives of Wholesalers
- Pawning an Old Halberd Sheath
- When Ise Lobsters Were as Scarce as Crimson Leaves in Springtime
- The Mouse Messenger
- The One‐Monme Society
- It’s Expensive to Lie When You’re Lying Low
- Sensible Advice on Domestic Economy
- Life and Doorposts:Both Are Borrowed
- The Opening Performance by the New Players
- How Lovely the Sight of Rice‐Cake Flowers at New Year’s
- Golden Dreams
- Even Gods Make Mistakes Sometimes
- The Night of Insults
- The Kitchen Floor Parties of Nara
- Swapping Houses
- The Pillar Rice‐Cakes of Nagasaki
- A Night Auction at the Year‐End
- Blinds from Inkbrush Handles
- Lord Heitaro
- The Perennially Prosperous Shops of Edo
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