Download or read book The Life of an Amorous Woman written by 井原西鶴 and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1963 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ihara Saikaku "wrote of the lowest class in the Tokugawa world -- the townsmen who were rising in wealth and power but not in official status."--Back cover.