Illustrations | Saikaku

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Saikaku's Tales from the Provinces:
A Supplemental Guide

The Illustrations

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I - 1

I - 1

A Complaint That Was a Non-Smashing Success

I - 2

I - 2

A Female Carpenter in the Hidden Residences

I -3

I -3

A New Year’s Eve Calculation That Didn’t Add Up

I - 4

I - 4

The Umbrella Oracle

I - 5

I - 5

Mysterious Footsteps

I - 6

I - 6

Arm Wrestling in the Clouds

I - 7

I - 7

The Fox’s Four Guardian Kings

II - 1

II - 1

In the Flying Palanquin, A Beautiful Woman

II - 2

II - 2

Twelve Sudden Shavelings

II - 3

II - 3

The Hidden Subterranean Water Channel

II - 4

II - 4

All that Remained Was a Golden Pot

II - 5

II - 5

A Flying Whirligig on the Path of Dreams

II - 6

II - 6

The Carefree Male Jizo

II - 7

II - 7

During the Illness of the Thunder Lords

III - 1

III - 1

The Flea’s Basket Escape

III - 2

III - 2

The Burnt Remains of a Face

III - 3

III - 3

Fake Mustaches in the Month of Frost

III - 4

III - 4

The Woman in Purple

III - 5

III - 5

The Treasure Ship of Journey’s End

III - 6

III - 6

A Lotus Petal Eight Tatami Mats in Size

III - 7

III - 7

A Karmic Loophole

IV - 1

IV - 1

Figures Mimicking Daytime Performances

IV - 2

IV - 2

A Nagauta on a Hidden Fan

IV - 3

IV - 3

A Life-Changing Tip of the Nose

IV - 4

IV - 4

A Surprising Thirty-Seven Times

IV - 5

IV - 5

Returning from the Capital in a Dream

IV - 6

IV - 6

The Powerless Big Buddha

IV - 7

IV - 7

The Crestfallen Carp

V - 1

V - 1

Morning Glories on the Lantern

V - 2

V - 2

Love in a Subsidiary Store

V - 3

V - 3

The Delightful Paw of the Mako

V - 4

V - 4

Handprints in the Dark

V - 5

V - 5

The Breath of Attachment

V - 6

V - 6

An Oil Jar of a Forsaken Life

V - 7

V - 7

Drops of Money

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