A late work by this author was a satire of the interactions between debtors and creditors titled Worldly Mental Calculations.
A late work by this author was a satire of the interactions between debtors and creditors titled Worldly Mental Calculations. This author's facility as a poet is attested to by his three hundred inclusions in a book of poems dedicated at Ikudama, as well as by the fact that he was known as the "Master of Twenty Thousand Verses." This author's novel's are a notable depiction of the chonin culture, and the period of his writing between 1682 and 1686 is dominated by works called koshokubon. A girl named Oshichi who is burned at the stake for arson which she commits to attract the samurai Onogawa and a woman named Osawa who falls in love with Moemon, the lover of her maid Rin, are two of the title characters in this author's collection Five Women Who (*) Loved Love. As a poet, this writer was best known for his ukiyo zoshi, or "notes of the floating world" style. For 10 points, identify this author best known for his erotic novels such as The Life of an Amorous Woman, a 17th century Japanese writer.
A late work by this author was a satire of the interactions between debtors and creditors titled Worldly Mental Calculations.
{Ihara} {Saikaku} [accept either name, or both names in either order]