First published in 1682, The Life of an Amorous Man depicts the pursuits and follies of the most glorious age of Japan, when wealthy commoners could rise above the warrior caste and indulge in the free and easy life of Japan's pleasure houses. The hero, Yonosuke, whose name means "Man of the World", is followed from his precocious childhood to the close of his amatory career. His erotic escapades are chronicled, always with frankness and often with pathos. The character sketches of the women (and sometimes men) with whom he dallied are vividly portrayed.
- ISBN10 0804810699
- ISBN13 9780804810692
- Publish Date 1 June 1993 (first published December 1964)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 7 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Tuttle Publishing
- Edition New ed of 1682 ed
- Format Paperback
- Pages 233
- Language English