Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko

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Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko is a classic 17th-century Japanese ukiyo-zōshi novel that follows the erotic and hedonistic life of a pleasure-seeking man in the floating world.

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Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko canonical 2
Koshoku Ichidai Otoko 1
Kōshoku Gonin Onna 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese literary work
novel
ukiyo-zōshi
author Ihara Saikaku
countryOfOrigin Japan
culturalContext chōnin (townspeople) culture
depicts courtesan quarters
floating world (ukiyo)
pleasure districts
firstPublicationPlace Japan
genre early modern Japanese fiction
erotic literature
ukiyo-zōshi
hasAlternativeRomanization Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko self-linksurface differs
surface form: Koshoku Ichidai Otoko
hasTitleInEnglish The Life of an Amorous Man
influenced later Japanese erotic fiction
literaryForm prose narrative
literaryMovement ukiyo-e culture
literarySignificance one of the earliest major ukiyo-zōshi works
mainCharacter Yonosuke NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
notableFor depiction of a libertine male protagonist
detailed portrayal of pleasure quarters
originalLanguage Japanese
partOf Saikaku’s ukiyo-zōshi works
period Edo period literature
publicationCentury 17th century
setting Edo period Japan
the floating world
subjectMatter commercialized pleasure
male sexuality
social mores of Edo urban life
theme eroticism
hedonism
merchant-class culture
pleasure-seeking lifestyle
urban entertainment districts
timePeriodOfStory early Edo period

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Ihara Saikaku notableWork Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko
Ihara Saikaku notableWork Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko
this entity surface form: Kōshoku Ichidai Onna
Ihara Saikaku notableWork Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko
this entity surface form: Kōshoku Gonin Onna
The Life of an Amorous Man alsoKnownAs Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko
Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko hasAlternativeRomanization Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Koshoku Ichidai Otoko