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Re:All the goodness gone from tea (1688) by alekratz on Sunday September 24, 2017 @12:12PM (#15325254)
I like how this book reads. A quick google search yields no copies for sale; does anyone know where I might purchase a copy?
Re:All the goodness gone from tea (1688) by thesmallestcat on Sunday September 24, 2017 @01:34PM (#15325638)
I suggest using the excellent BookFinder.com, not Google or Amazon, to search for books.

https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=Nippon+Eita...

Shows a handful of copies from $50-100.

Re:All the goodness gone from tea (1688) by alekratz on Sunday September 24, 2017 @02:03PM (#15325761)
Awesome. Thanks so much.
Re:All the goodness gone from tea (1688) by jacobmischka on Sunday September 24, 2017 @12:17PM (#15325280)
I can't find any new items for sale, but a quick search revealed some used copies. It also seems to be available in a few libraries, but surprisingly I haven't been able to find a public domain download yet. https://smile.amazon.com/Japanese-Family-Storehouse-Ihara-Sa...
Re:All the goodness gone from tea (1688) by gcb0 on Sunday September 24, 2017 @12:27PM (#15325335)
author books: http://webcat.georgian.edu/search?q=au%3AIhara%2C+Saikaku%2C

but sadly, no mentiom of the translator for the linked one, which I think is the most important part of your professed enjoyment.

Re:All the goodness gone from tea (1688) by gwern on Sunday September 24, 2017 @04:26PM (#15326341)
The front page + preface say that this translation was done by G.W. Sargent, as does the Bookfinder information, with no mention of any other translators, so I think Sargent translated everything in the book. As Saikaku's style is light and witty, I imagine most translations would read a good deal like Sargent's.

Searching, I can't find any scans or versions online aside from this unsatisfactory Google Books version. This also appears to be 1 of only 2 translations ever (the other being "Nippon eitaigura. The way to wealth. Translated by Soji Mizuno" 1955, but which is much shorter and the used copies also more expensive), and a brief excerpted story in Keene's _Anthology of Japanese Literature_.

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I've always meant to read Saikaku and didn't realize that _Storehouse_ was so hard to get (probably his third most famous work after _Amorous Man_ and _Women Who Loved Love_), so I've bought one of them off Amazon ($28.99) and I'll scan & upload it online at some point.