![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This particular Floating World culture also arose in other cities such as Osaka and Kyoto. The area's brothels, teahouses and kabuki theaters were frequented by Japan's growing middle class. Ideas of the Floating World were "centered on Yoshiwara, the licensed red-light district of Edo (modern Tokyo). More, from Wikipedia, which actually kind of got it right: The Floating World (浮世) refers to the excesses, dangers, and beauties of urban Japan during the Edo Period (1600-1867). The first was that I believe this is the first Floating World book to be discussed here. So, this is my second review for this great Japanese Literature challenge, and I chose Five Women Who Loved Love for two reasons. I didn't have the energy at the time to post about it here, and as time went on I put it off because I felt this book deserved more thought and serious attention than I could then give it. I actually read Ihara Saikaku's Five Women Who Loved Love about a month ago and I blogged about it then on my personal site. ![]()
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