Saikaku Was a Major Japanese Novelist Who Wrote About

question 101

Multiple Choice

Saikaku was a major Japanese novelist who wrote about

• A)picturesque rural scenes.
• B)alienated samurai.
• C)five women ready to die for love.
• D)the early development of kabuki.
• E)a history of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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