"Ihara Saikaku Collection 3" Edited by: Satoshi Taniwaki / Yasutaka Hikizume / Goya Jinbo Nihon Eitaigura One of the representative works of Ihara Saikaku's ukiyo-zoshi. The first full-scale economic novel in the history of Japanese novels. Man no Bunhanko A collection of epistolary novels depicting one facet of the lives of townspeople. Sekin Munesanyo A tragicomedy of the various ways townspeople manage their finances, unfolding on New Year's Eve, the final day of the year's economic accounting. The last work published during his lifetime. Saikaku Okimiyage The time is the Genroku era, a bubble era. A love story entangled with stubbornness. A work that makes the reader laugh at a poignant heart. Ihara Saikaku's posthumous work. Japanese literature, Japanese ancient books, Japanese economic books, history books