"Aranda Saikaku" Makate Asai Price: ¥1760 The entertainment writer of Edo's Naniwa, Ihara Saikaku, loves people and is fascinated by the world, but he is also a nuisance and causes numerous troubles. The first work to win the Naoki Prize! Ihara Saikaku was born in Kanei 19 (1642) and was a haikai poet and joruri playwright who lived in the same era as Matsuo Basho and Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Saikaku, who lost his wife at a young age and lived in Osaka with his daughter, devoted himself to creation with all his heart and soul. He loved people, was fascinated by the world, and caused numerous troubles. Really, he was a bothersome father. Ihara Saikaku, the first best-selling author in Japan and the ancestor of entertainment novels. From his daily life with his daughter, we approach his mysterious life. The first work to win the Naoki Prize! Ihara Saikaku, known for his ukiyo-zoshi such as "Koshoku Ichidai Otoko" and "Sekin Kyo-zan'yo," was born in Kanei 19 (1642) and was a haikai poet and joruri playwright who lived in the same era as Matsuo Basho and Chikamatsu Monzaemon. As a haikai poet, he founded the Yakazu Haikai, which recited a large number of poems in a day and night, and once held a performance where he continuously recited 23,500 poems, but because of his unconventionality, he was also called "Aranda-ryu" (Dutch style). Saikaku, who lost his wife at a young age and lived in Osaka with his blind daughter, devoted himself to creation with all his heart and soul. He loved people, was fascinated by the world, and caused numerous troubles, but he also published new genre works one after another and became a best-selling author 300 years ago. This is a newly written long historical novel depicting the figure of Aranda Saikaku. The conflict with Basho, the exchange with Chikamatsu. A strange life with his daughter. No compromise in creation. Who is the bothersome genius writer Ihara Saikaku? Cover has sun damage. #MakateAsai #Makate_Asai #book #JapaneseLiterature/Novels/Stories"