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Ikada is a novel by Shigeru Sotomura set in a merchant household in Omi, portraying people expanding their commercial sphere while being buffeted by the economic policies of the late Tokugawa period. As part of Sotomura's autobiographical merchant-family fiction, it gives a weighty account of family, trade, and historical change.
Work Information
A major novel by Shigeru Sotomura that follows an Omi merchant family through the force of commerce and the currents of its age.
Shigeru Sotomura's Ikada stands at the center of his larger fictional world of Omi merchants. The Sunrise Publishing new edition was issued as a 328-page B6-format book and is described by the publisher as a novel about Omi merchants expanding their commercial sphere amid the economic pressures of the late Tokugawa period. The book-level identifier ISBN 9784883250776 is confirmed through the publisher page, CiNii, and library-linked book services.
Review Summaries
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The novel is presented as compelling for its portrait of Omi merchants expanding their reach despite economic upheaval. It can be read not only as a study of private feeling but also as a work that binds family business to regional history.
Book Information
- Publisher
- サンライズ出版
- Published
- 2000-08-01
- Pages
- 328 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784883250776
- ISBN-10
- 4883250776
- Price
- 499 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論/文芸作品
徳川末期の経済政策の波に揉まれながら商圏を拡大してゆく近江商人の意気盛んなさまを描写。第9回野間文芸賞受賞。 電子書籍版も発売中。詳しくは各電子書籍サイト(honto、楽天kobo等)でご覧ください。