Пять женщин, предавшихся любви. История любовных похождений одинокой женщины

Novelly i͡aponskogo pisateli͡a XVII v. Ikhary Saĭkaku zavoevali priznanie i shirokui͡u populi͡arnostʹ sredi sovremennikov, no stoletie spusti͡a pravitelʹstvo strany vneslo ikh v spisok zapreshchennykh knig. Stremlenie k svobodnomu proi͡avlenii͡u chuvstv, vospetoe Saĭkaku, protivorechilo ustoi͡am feodalʹnogo gosudarstva. Polnokrovnyĭ i i͡arkiĭ mir zemnykh strasteĭ i naslazhdeniĭ, pestryĭ byt i͡aponskogo goroda byli vossozdany Saĭkaku s takim masterstvom, chto blagodari͡a emu razvlekatelʹnyĭ zhanr kosëku-mono (povesti o li͡ubvi) vyshel na urovenʹ nastoi͡ashcheĭ literatury. Znamenitye i͡aponskie "veselye kvartaly" byli ne tolʹko rassadnikom poroka, no i t͡sentrom kulʹturnoĭ zhizni goroda, gde iskusstvo li͡ubvi soedini͡alosʹ s teatrom, poėzieĭ, zhivopisʹi͡u i muzykoĭ. Ėto byli ostrovki svobody v zhestkikh ramkakh samuraĭskoĭ ėtiki ėpokhi Tokugava. I Ikhara Saĭkaku vospel ėtot neukrotimyĭ mir, kak nikto drugoĭ. V knigu voshli samye izvestnye proizvedenii͡a "i͡aponskogo Bokkachcho". "Pi͡atʹ zhenshchin, predavshikhsi͡a li͡ubvi" - pi͡atʹ povesteĭ shekspirovskogo nakala, o zhenshchinakh, sledui͡ushchikh zovu serdt͡sa vopreki strogoĭ konfut͡sianskoĭ morali, vo vremena, kogda za supruzheskui͡u izmenu polagalasʹ smertnai͡a kaznʹ. "Istorii͡a li͡ubovnykh pokhozhdeniĭ odinokoĭ zhenshchiny" - ispovedʹ byvsheĭ kurtizanki, proshedsheĭ putʹ ot utonchennoĭ oĭran do ulichnoĭ zazyvaly. I khoti͡a sudʹba ne raz davala shans ostepenitʹsi͡a, no strastʹ k li͡ubovnym utekham byla silʹnee. Izdanie ukrashai͡ut zhanrovye gravi͡ury Nisikavy Sukėnobu.

Short stories by a Japanese writer of the 17th century. Ihara Saikaku gained recognition and wide popularity among contemporaries, but a century later the government added them to the list of banned books. The desire for free expression of feelings, praised by Saikaku, contradicted the foundations of the feudal state. The full-blooded and vibrant world of earthly passions and pleasures, the colorful life of the Japanese city were recreated by Saikaku with such skill that, thanks to him, the entertainment genre of koseku-mono (love stories) reached the level of real literature. The famous Japanese "merry quarters" were not only a hotbed of vice, but also the center of the cultural life of the city, where the art of love was combined with theater, poetry, painting and music. These were islands of freedom within the strict framework of Tokugawa era samurai ethics. And Ihara Saikaku celebrated this indomitable world like no other. The book includes the most famous works of "Japanese Boccaccio". "Five Women who Gave Themselves Up to Love" are five Shakespearean novels about women who follow their hearts despite strict Confucian morality, at a time when adultery was punishable by death. "The Story of a Single Woman's Love Affairs" is the confession of a former courtesan who went from a sophisticated oiran to a street barker. And although fate had given her a chance to settle down more than once, her passion for lovemaking was stronger. The edition is decorated with genre engravings by Nishikawa Sukenobu.