The name for a group of *ukiyo zōshi 浮世草子 (books of the floating world; stories reflecting the life of townspeople) by the well-known author Ihara Saikaku 井原西鶴 (1642-93). During Saikaku's lifetime, works of ukiyo zōshi with his name on them were rare, but after he died works were published under his name. Some of these may not be by Saikaku, but even suspect works are called saikakubon. There are over fifteen works which are now considered to have actually been written by Saikaku himself including such titles as Kōshoku ichidai otoko 好色一代男 (One Man Who Devoted His Life to Love, 1682) and Kōshoku nidai otoko 好色二代男 (Two Men Who Devoted Their Lives to Love, 1684; also called Shoen ōkagami 諸艶大鑑). These books were often printed as Mino 美濃 books (finished size approximately 200 x 280 mm; 7 7/8 x 11") and although the larger portion were published in Osaka, there were more than a few also published in collaboration with publishers in Edo. Saikaku supplied the designs for the illustrations of some of his books, including Kin'nen Shokokubanashi 近年諸国咄, and the 1682 Osaka publication of Kōshoku ichidai otoko. Other illustrators of his works are thought to have been Yoshida Hanbei 吉田半兵衛 (fl.c. 1660-92) and maki eshi (the *maki-e 蒔絵 lacquer craftsman) Genzaburō 蒔絵師源三郎.