A critical study that rereads Ihara Saikaku’s personality and works through contemporary sources and courtesan guidebooks. It draws out the emotions and historical sensibility of an author about whom little biographical fact remains.

A study of Saikaku that fills biographical gaps through the spaces between his lines and the voices of his era.

A novel shaped from the experience of a Japanese-language writer stranded in Canada while traveling to the United States after the terrorist attacks. Closed borders, a shattered image of the world, and multilingual perception overlap.

After a shattered world, how can Japanese narrate an experience that crosses borders?