Download or read book The Japanese Family Storehouse written by 井原西鶴 and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are thirty stories about the rise to wealth of members of the merchant class. The examples are drawn from a variety of regions in Japan. Some stories are based on fact, some on tradition, and some may be fictional.