Ihara Saikaku

Quotes

• “Men take their misfortunes to heart, and keep them there. A gambler does not talk about his losses; the frequenter of brothels, who finds his favorite engaged by another, pretends to be just as well off without her; the professional street-brawler is quiet about the fights he has lost; and a merchant who speculates on goods will conceal the losses he may suffer. All act as one who steps on dog dung in the dark.”
• “The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living.”
• “Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.”
• “In life it is training rather than birth which counts.”
• “Ancient simplicity is gone...the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.”
• “Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors.”

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Key facts

Born

Hirayama Togo (平山藤五) , 1642, Osaka , Japan

Died

September 9, 1693 (aged 50 – 51), Osaka , Japan

Occupation

Writer

Genre

Poetry, Fiction

Literary movement

Ukiyo-zōshi

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