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Shanks Mare: Japan's Great Comic Novel of Travel & Ribaldry

paperback – June 1, 2001
by Sadakazu Shigeta
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ISBN-13: 9780804815802 ISBN-10: 0804815801
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Binding
paperback
Published
June 1, 2001
Weight
0.7 lbs
Dimensions
18.40×1.90×11.40 cm

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Shanks Mare: Japan's Great Comic Novel of Travel & Ribaldry by Sadakazu Shigeta. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780804815802.

Shanks Mare (Hizakurige) follows two amiable scoundrels, Yajirobei and Kitahachi, on a madcap journey of adventure and misadventure along the great highway leading from Tokyo to Kyoto. The lusty tale of their disreputable doings is Japans most celebrated comic novel. Issued serially in 1802, Hizakurige was a tremendous success both with readers of its own time and with later generations. The books earthy humor typifies the brash and devil-may-care attitude of the residents of Tokyo, both then and now.