Ihara Saikaku

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Edo-period author Japanese writer person

Ihara Saikaku was a pioneering Japanese author of the Edo period, best known for his witty, realistic portrayals of urban merchant life and the pleasure quarters.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saikaku	1
井原西鶴	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Edo-period author ⓘ Japanese writer ⓘ person ⓘ
associatedWith	Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Osaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthYear	1642 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
culture	Japanese ⓘ
deathYear	1693 ⓘ
era	Edo period ⓘ surface form: Tokugawa period
familyName	Ihara NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	haikai poetry ⓘ prose fiction ⓘ ukiyo-zōshi ⓘ
givenName	Ihara Saikaku self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Saikaku
influenced	Japanese prose fiction ⓘ later Edo-period writers ⓘ
languageOfWork	Japanese ⓘ
literaryForm	novel ⓘ short story collection ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Edo period ⓘ
mainSubject	love and sexuality ⓘ money and commerce ⓘ pleasure quarters ⓘ urban merchant life ⓘ
movement	Edo literature ⓘ
name	Ihara Saikaku self-link ⓘ
nativeName	Ihara Saikaku self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 井原西鶴
notableWork	Five Women Who Loved Love ⓘ Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko ⓘ surface form: Kōshoku Gonin Onna Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko ⓘ surface form: Kōshoku Ichidai Onna Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko ⓘ Nippon Eitaigura ⓘ Seken Munesanyō ⓘ The Eternal Storehouse of Japan ⓘ The Japanese Family Storehouse ⓘ The Life of an Amorous Man ⓘ The Life of an Amorous Man ⓘ surface form: The Life of an Amorous Woman This Scheming World ⓘ
notedFor	depictions of the floating world (ukiyo) ⓘ portrayals of chōnin (townspeople) culture ⓘ rapid composition of haikai verses ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ haikai poet ⓘ poet ⓘ
writingStyle	realistic ⓘ satirical ⓘ witty ⓘ

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Ihara Saikaku → givenName → Ihara Saikaku self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saikaku

Ihara Saikaku → name → Ihara Saikaku self-link ⓘ

Ihara Saikaku → nativeName → Ihara Saikaku self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 井原西鶴

Edo period → notableWriter → Ihara Saikaku ⓘ