The Great Mirror of Male Love

, by Saikaku, Ihara

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ISBN: 9780804718950 | 0804718954
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/1/1991

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Introduction

(48)

The Translation

Preface

(2)

SECTION ONE

Love: The Contest Between Two Forces

(6)

The ABCs of Boy Love

(6)

Within the Fence: Pine, Maple, and a Willow Waist

(6)

Love Letter Sent in a Sea Bass

(8)

Implicated by His Diamond Crest

(8)

SECTION TWO

A Sword His Only Memento

(12)

Though Bearing an Umbrella, He Was Rained Upon

(8)

His Head Shaved on the Path of Dreams

105

(8)

Aloeswood Boy of the East

113

(5)

Nightingale in the Snow

118

(7)

SECTION THREE

Grudge Provoked by a Sedge Hat

125

(8)

Tortured to Death with Snow on His Sleeve

133

(5)

The Sword That Survived Love's Flames

138

(5)

The Sickbed No Medicine Could Cure

143

(8)

He Fell in Love When the Mountain Rose Was in Bloom

151

(8)

SECTION FOUR

Drowned by Love in Winecups of Pearly Nautilus Shells

159

(7)

The Boy Who Sacrificed His Life in the Robes of His Lover

166

(8)

They Waited Three Years to Die

174

(6)

Two Old Cherry Trees Still in Bloom

180

(4)

Handsome Youths Having Fun Cause Trouble for a Temple

184

(5)

SECTION FIVE

Tears in a Paper Shop

189

(7)

He Pleaded for His Life at Mitsudera Hachiman

196

(7)

Love's Flame Kindled by a Flint Seller

203

(6)

Visiting from Edo, Suddenly a Monk

209

(5)

Votive Picture of Kichiya Riding a Horse

214

(5)

SECTION SIX

A Huge Winecup Overflowing with Love

219

(7)

Kozakura's Figure: Grafted Branches of a Cherry Tree

226

(7)

The Man Who Resented Another's Shouts

233

(4)

A Secret Visit Leads to the Wrong Bed

237

(5)

A Terrible Shame He Never Performed in the Capital

242

(5)

SECTION SEVEN

Fireflies Also Work Their Asses at Night

247

(7)

An Onnagata's Tosa Diary

254

(7)

An Unworn Robe to Remember Him by

261

(6)

Bamboo Clappers Strike the Hateful Number

267

(5)

Nails Hammered into an Amateur Painting

272

(9)

SECTION EIGHT

A Verse Sung by a Goblin with a Beautiful Voice

281

(8)

Siamese Roosters and the Reluctant Farewell

289

(4)

Loved by a Man in a Box

293

(8)

The Koyama Barrier Keeper

301

(5)

Who Wears the Incense Graph Dyed in Her Heart?

306

(7)

Notes

313

(44)

Works Cited

357

(4)

English Translations of Ihara Saikaku

361

(2)

Index

363

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The Great Mirror of Male Love

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