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The Great Mirror of Male Love
Ihara Saikaku
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Description for The Great Mirror of Male Love
Paperback. Stories of homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys and between young kabuki actors and their patrons held broad appeal in pre-modern Japanese culture. An independent popular writer, Saikaku wrote "Nanshoku Okagami" in 1687 with the intention of extending his readership. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; 3JD; FA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
A Stanford University Press classic.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804718950
SKU
V9780804718950
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Reviews for The Great Mirror of Male Love
"A welcome opportunity for wider comparison of the literary traditions and sexual conventions of Japanese and Euro-American cultures."—Journal of Japanese Studies