Ihara Saikaku Quotes
The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living.
Citations
Ihara, Saikaku. The Japanese Family Storehouse, or the Millionaires' Gospel Modernised. Translated by G. W. Sargent, Cambridge University Press, 1959.
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Ihara Saikaku was a Japanese poet and creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose (ukiyo-zōshi).