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I like how this book reads. A quick google search yields no copies for sale; does anyone know where I might purchase a copy?

jacobmischka 9y ago
I can't find any new items for sale, but a quick search revealed some used copies. It also seems to be available in a few libraries, but surprisingly I haven't been able to find a public domain download yet. https://smile.amazon.com/Japanese-Family-Storehouse-Ihara-Saikaku/dp/B0000CK9PQ https://smile.amazon.com/Japanese-Family-Storehouse-Ihara-Sa...
gcb0 9y ago
author books: http://webcat.georgian.edu/search?q=au%3AIhara%2C+Saikaku%2C http://webcat.georgian.edu/search?q=au%3AIhara%2C+Saikaku%2C but sadly, no mentiom of the translator for the linked one, which I think is the most important part of your professed enjoyment.
- gwern 9y ago
  The front page + preface say that this translation was done by G.W. Sargent, as does the Bookfinder information, with no mention of any other translators, so I think Sargent translated everything in the book. As Saikaku's style is light and witty, I imagine most translations would read a good deal like Sargent's. Searching, I can't find any scans or versions online aside from this unsatisfactory Google Books version. This also appears to be 1 of only 2 translations ever (the other being "Nippon eitaigura. The way to wealth. Translated by Soji Mizuno" 1955, but which is much shorter and the used copies also more expensive), and a brief excerpted story in Keene's _Anthology of Japanese Literature_. --- I've always meant to read Saikaku and didn't realize that _Storehouse_ was so hard to get (probably his third most famous work after _Amorous Man_ and _Women Who Loved Love_), so I've bought one of them off Amazon ($28.99) and I'll scan & upload it online at some point.
thesmallestcat 9y ago
I suggest using the excellent BookFinder.com, not Google or Amazon, to search for books. https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=Nippon+Eitai-gura&lang=en&isbn=&submitBtn=Search&new_used=*&destination=us&currency=USD&mode=basic&st=sr&ac=qr https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=Nippon+Eita... Shows a handful of copies from $50-100.
- alekratz 9y ago
  Awesome. Thanks so much.

jacobmischka 9y ago

I can't find any new items for sale, but a quick search revealed some used copies. It also seems to be available in a few libraries, but surprisingly I haven't been able to find a public domain download yet. https://smile.amazon.com/Japanese-Family-Storehouse-Ihara-Saikaku/dp/B0000CK9PQ https://smile.amazon.com/Japanese-Family-Storehouse-Ihara-Sa...

gcb0 9y ago

author books: http://webcat.georgian.edu/search?q=au%3AIhara%2C+Saikaku%2C http://webcat.georgian.edu/search?q=au%3AIhara%2C+Saikaku%2C but sadly, no mentiom of the translator for the linked one, which I think is the most important part of your professed enjoyment.

gwern 9y ago
The front page + preface say that this translation was done by G.W. Sargent, as does the Bookfinder information, with no mention of any other translators, so I think Sargent translated everything in the book. As Saikaku's style is light and witty, I imagine most translations would read a good deal like Sargent's. Searching, I can't find any scans or versions online aside from this unsatisfactory Google Books version. This also appears to be 1 of only 2 translations ever (the other being "Nippon eitaigura. The way to wealth. Translated by Soji Mizuno" 1955, but which is much shorter and the used copies also more expensive), and a brief excerpted story in Keene's _Anthology of Japanese Literature_. --- I've always meant to read Saikaku and didn't realize that _Storehouse_ was so hard to get (probably his third most famous work after _Amorous Man_ and _Women Who Loved Love_), so I've bought one of them off Amazon ($28.99) and I'll scan & upload it online at some point.

thesmallestcat 9y ago

I suggest using the excellent BookFinder.com, not Google or Amazon, to search for books. https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=Nippon+Eitai-gura&lang=en&isbn=&submitBtn=Search&new_used=*&destination=us&currency=USD&mode=basic&st=sr&ac=qr https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=Nippon+Eita... Shows a handful of copies from $50-100.

alekratz 9y ago
Awesome. Thanks so much.