Ihara Saikaku vs Robert Hooke
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Compare the life timelines of Ihara Saikaku (1642–1693) and Robert Hooke (1635–1703) 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
Robert Hooke (1635–1703)
- — Born at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight Verified
- — Entered Westminster School in London Verified
- — Entered Christ Church, Oxford Verified
- — Became assistant to Robert Boyle Verified
- — Appointed Curator of Experiments of the Royal Society Verified
- — Published Micrographia Verified
- — Appointed Gresham Professor of Geometry Verified
- — Appointed a Surveyor of the City of London after the Great Fire Verified
- — Published the law of elasticity now known as Hooke's law Verified
- — Died in London Verified