Ihara Saikaku vs Jean de La Fontaine
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Compare the life timelines of Ihara Saikaku (1642–1693) and Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 51 years, from 1642 to 1693.
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Ihara Saikaku (1642–1693)
- — Born into a merchant family in Osaka Verified
- — Began composing haikai poetry in the Danrin school Verified
- — Death of his wife Verified
- — Turned the family business over to clerks to devote himself to literature Verified
- — Published The Life of an Amorous Man, founding the ukiyo-zōshi genre Verified
- — Performed a legendary marathon solo haikai composition at Sumiyoshi Shrine
- — Published The Life of an Amorous Woman and Five Women Who Loved Love Verified
- — Published The Japanese Family Storehouse, tales of merchant life Verified
- — Died in Osaka at about age 51 Verified
Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695)
- — Born in Château-Thierry, Champagne Verified
- — Studied law in Paris Verified
- — Married Marie Héricart Verified
- — Inherited his father's office of maître des eaux et forêts Verified
- — Entered the patronage of finance minister Nicolas Fouquet Verified
- — Published his Contes et nouvelles en vers Verified
- — Published the first collection of his Fables Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Published the twelfth and final book of the Fables Verified
- — Died in Paris at age 73 Verified