Ihara Saikaku Quote

Ancient simplicity is gone... the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.


Book I, ch. 4. - The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)


Ancient simplicity is gone... the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.

Ancient simplicity is gone... the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.

Ancient simplicity is gone... the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.

Ancient simplicity is gone... the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.