Shank's Mare: A Translation of the Tokaido Volumes of Hizakurige: Japan's Great Comic Novel of Travel and Ribaldry: novel

✍ Scribed by Jippensha,Ikku

• Book ID: 100138699
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780804815802

✦ Synopsis

Table of contents; note to the new edition; translator's preface; life of ikku jippensha; hizakurige; preface; book one; book two; book three; book four; book five; book six; book seven; book eight; appendix; ikku's "afterthought" introduction; notes; ikku's last poem.;A pair of irrepressible scoundrels are the heroes of this madcap chronicle of adventure, full of earthy humor, along the great highway from Tokyo to Kyoto. The lusty tale of their disreputable doings is Japan's most celebrated comic novel. Shank's Mare was originally issued serially beginning in 1802, and was so successful that the author wrote numerous sequels, appearing year by year, until 1822. This novel portrays all the varied colors in Japan's Tokugawa era.