Ihara Saikaku vs Jean Racine
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Compare the life timelines of Ihara Saikaku (1642–1693) and Jean Racine (1639–1699) 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
- — Turned the family business over to clerks to devote himself to literature Verified
- — Death of his wife 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 Racine (1639–1699)
- — Born in La Ferté-Milon Verified
- — Educated at the Jansenist schools of Port-Royal Verified
- — First staged tragedy, La Thébaïde, produced by Molière's troupe Verified
- — Triumph of Andromaque Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Premiere of Phèdre Verified
- — Appointed royal historiographer to Louis XIV Verified
- — Married Catherine de Romanet Verified
- — Wrote the biblical dramas Esther and Athalie for Saint-Cyr Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified