01078nam a2200217Ia 4500 CTU_113437 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 895.6 H624 Hibbett, Howard The floating world in Japanese fiction Howard Hibbett New York Oxford University Press 1960 This is a detailed study of ukiyo-zoshi, tales of the Floating World, and a fascinating look at the manners and customs, arts and affectations, of city life in Tokugawa-era Japan. Here are the rakish shopkeepers, teahouse women, celebrated actors, and ordinary townspeople, all obsessed with the pursuit of pleasure that characterised the Genroku period, a time when the aims and ideals of the urban merchant class took precedence over those of the samurai. Japanese fiction,Japanese fiction History and criticism,Tranlated from English Edo period, 1600-1868 M.Loan Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ