Ihara Saikaku's book named Ukiyososhi (Full Translation) (Hardback edition) is the last peak of the classical Japanese novel after the Genji Monogatari in Heian period and Heike Monogatari in Kamakura time, and has a great influence.Ihara Saikaku, a famous writer in seventeenth Century, has an important position in the history of literature. His works have been translated into many countries in Europe and America.Ihara Saikaku's world view has made him mostly focus on two themes, one of which is the description of the emotional life of the Japan's tokugawa shogunate period businessmen, and the other of which is the description of economic activities or economic life of the Japan's tokugawa shogunate period businessmen. It called "e;Profile of Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate Period Businessmen"e;, and belongs to:Economic Novel:.The selected translation of this book is six representative works of these two themes.Now, six works have been integrated into Ukiyososhi, and firstly published in the country with a new feature.
