Ihara Saikaku, Japanese Writer(1642-1693)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Ihara Saikaku
• Birth: Unknown Date, 1642, Namba, Osaka, Japan
• Death: September 9, 1693, Osaka, Japan
• Language: Japanese
• Who he was: Japanese writer who created the "floating world" genre of suggestive Japanese prose: Life of an Amorous Man; This Scheming World; Five Women Who Loved Love

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