The Life of an Amorous Man
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The Life of an Amorous Man is a classic 17th-century Japanese ukiyo-zōshi novel by Ihara Saikaku that satirically chronicles the romantic and hedonistic adventures of a pleasure-seeking merchant.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Life of an Amorous Man canonical | 3 |
| The Life of an Amorous Man (English translation) | 1 |
| The Life of an Amorous Woman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4138548 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Life of an Amorous Man Context triple: [Ihara Saikaku, notableWork, The Life of an Amorous Man]
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A.
The Lover’s Confession
The Lover’s Confession is a Middle English narrative poem by John Gower that explores love and morality through a series of tales framed as a lover’s dialogue with the personified figure of Genius.
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B.
The Lover
The Lover is a 1992 French romantic drama film set in colonial Vietnam, adapted from Marguerite Duras’s semi-autobiographical novel and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
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C.
The Lover
The Lover is a one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores the blurred boundaries between fantasy and reality within a seemingly conventional middle-class marriage.
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D.
Coelebs in Search of a Wife
Coelebs in Search of a Wife is a didactic 1809 novel by Hannah More that explores Christian morality, marriage, and social conduct through the story of a young man's quest for a virtuous spouse.
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E.
The Suitor
The Suitor is a painting by French Nabi artist Édouard Vuillard, known for its intimate domestic interior scene rendered in his characteristic decorative, patterned style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Life of an Amorous Man Target entity description: The Life of an Amorous Man is a classic 17th-century Japanese ukiyo-zōshi novel by Ihara Saikaku that satirically chronicles the romantic and hedonistic adventures of a pleasure-seeking merchant.
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A.
The Lover’s Confession
The Lover’s Confession is a Middle English narrative poem by John Gower that explores love and morality through a series of tales framed as a lover’s dialogue with the personified figure of Genius.
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B.
The Lover
The Lover is a 1992 French romantic drama film set in colonial Vietnam, adapted from Marguerite Duras’s semi-autobiographical novel and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
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C.
The Lover
The Lover is a one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores the blurred boundaries between fantasy and reality within a seemingly conventional middle-class marriage.
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D.
Coelebs in Search of a Wife
Coelebs in Search of a Wife is a didactic 1809 novel by Hannah More that explores Christian morality, marriage, and social conduct through the story of a young man's quest for a virtuous spouse.
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E.
The Suitor
The Suitor is a painting by French Nabi artist Édouard Vuillard, known for its intimate domestic interior scene rendered in his characteristic decorative, patterned style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Edo-period literature
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Japanese novel ⓘ novel ⓘ ukiyo-zōshi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko ⓘ |
| author | Ihara Saikaku ⓘ |
| centralMotive | pursuit of pleasure ⓘ |
| contains |
depictions of brothels
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depictions of gambling and entertainment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| depicts |
courtesans
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geisha and entertainers ⓘ merchant class ⓘ ukiyo (floating world) ⓘ |
| explores | moral ambiguity of pleasure-seeking life ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlace | Japan ⓘ |
| focusesOn | romantic escapades of a single man ⓘ |
| genre |
erotic literature
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picaresque novel ⓘ satirical fiction ⓘ |
| hasTitleInJapanese | 好色一代男 ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
The Life of an Amorous Man (English translation)
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linked to:
The Life of an Amorous Man
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| influenced | later Japanese erotic fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | ukiyo-zōshi ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Edo period ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
early masterpiece of ukiyo-zōshi
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key work in development of Japanese prose fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Yonosuke ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | episodic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | merchant ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| setting |
Edo period Japan
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pleasure quarters ⓘ urban entertainment districts ⓘ |
| structure | series of amorous episodes ⓘ |
| targetAudience | urban commoners ⓘ |
| theme |
hedonism
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merchant-class values ⓘ pleasure-seeking lifestyle ⓘ romantic adventures ⓘ sexual desire ⓘ transience of pleasure ⓘ urban culture ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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satirical ⓘ |
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Subject: The Life of an Amorous Man Description of subject: The Life of an Amorous Man is a classic 17th-century Japanese ukiyo-zōshi novel by Ihara Saikaku that satirically chronicles the romantic and hedonistic adventures of a pleasure-seeking merchant.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Life of an Amorous Man
linked to: The Life of an Amorous Man