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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 o
by 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 agoThe 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.