English translation of Seji kenbunroku

[Kate Wildman Nakai]

Dear Colleagues,

The translators and editors are delighted to announce the publication from Columbia University Press of Lust, Commerce, and Corruption: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard by an Edo Samurai, translated by Mark Teeuwen, Kate Wildman Nakai, Miyazaki Fumiko, Anne Walthall, and John Breen, and edited and with an introduction by Mark Teeuwen and Kate Wildman Nakai. A full, annotated translation of Seji kenbunroku, written in 1816 by the pseudonymous Buyō Inshi, the book makes available in English Buyō’s top-to-bottom critical survey of Edo society, often cited for the vivid, knowledgeable picture it provides of everything from the decay and corruption of the warrior class to the moneylending activities of Buddhist temples and the blind guild to the actualities of brothel life.
 
The webpage for the book is https://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-16644-7/lust-commerce-and-corruption
The book is priced at $50.00/£34.50, and the press has informed us that anyone who orders directly from the press or the overseas distributor using the promotion code LUSTEE will receive a 30% discount. According to the press, people based in North America, most of Latin America, the Caribbean, and East Asia can purchase the book with this discount directly from the Columbia webpage. People based in the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, Middle East, South Asia, and South Africa can order through Columbia’s distributor John Wiley & Sons by email at cust...@wiley.com. To get the 30% discount they should mention the code, LUSTEE, in their email. 

With best regards,

Kate Wildman Nakai

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