The life of an amorous man by Ihara Saikaku 1642-1693

Author:Ihara, Saikaku, 1642-1693
Language: jpn
Format: epub
Tags: Japan -- Fiction.
Publisher: Rutland, Vt., C.E. Tuttle Co
Published: 1964-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

JJg was no reason indeed why Zenkichi should object to such

favored treatment.

^ Yonosuke, looking on silently, felt chagrined by the

^ fact that even second-rate courtesans had failed to notice

co him. He told himself, if with a touch of envy not unmixed

0 with hurt pride, but with confidence in himself: "I am

not the sort to dally with women by playing up to them,

no matter what happens. Some day I'll make women

come to me of their own accord, without my putting on

an act. This isn't the end by any means."

SUDDEN WEALTH

From the depths of a building on a narrow street in Kyoto came the tinkling sound of gold coins being scooped up and weighed on a tembin scale. "It has a vulgar ring," Yonosuke thought, quite without envy. He told himself: "No matter how much money I had, I would never be such a miser as to hoard it. I would spend it beautifully. Indeed, I would make all the courtesans in the country roll their eyes in wonder. Were I to lift my finger to summon but one of them, ten would come to me ecstatically at once."

But his conscience disturbed him. He reconsidered: "My father, however, is determined never to see me again. I cannot hate him for that, even slightly. The evil things people have said about me have come to my ears too, and I feel their scornful accusations to the very marrow of my bones. Perhaps . . . with due humility ... I should retire into a mountain hut and, by practicing abstinence there, overcome these worldly temptations."

In this penitent mood Yonosuke thought of the hermit

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