Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Ihara Saikaku

Born: 1642
Died: September 9, 1693 (aged 51)
Bio: Ihara Saikaku was a Japanese poet and creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose.
Known for:
- The Great Mirror of Male Love (1687)
- The Life of an Amorous Woman (1686)
- The life of an amourous man
- Five Women Who Loved Love
- Comrade loves of the samurai