Tamenaga Shunsui
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| - | The '''ninjōbon''' (人情本) is a pre-modern [[Japan]]ese literary [[genre]]. Novels focused on young love and were generally aimed to attract female readers. It is a sub-genre of [[gesaku]] and succeeds the earlier [[sharebon]] and [[kokkeibon]] genres. | ||
| - | ==Developments== | + | '''Tamenaga Shunsui''' (1790 – 11 February 1844) was the pen name of '''Sasaki Sadataka''', a Japanese novelist of the [[Edo period]]. In Japan, he is best known for the romantic novel ''[[Shunshoku Umegoyomi]]''. |
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| - | The ninjōbon genre begins around 1819 with {{Nihongo|''Akegarasu Nochi no Masayume''|明烏後正夢|}} by [[Ryūtei Rijō]] and {{Nihongo|''Seidan Mine Hatsuhana''|清談峰初花|}} by [[Jippensha Ikku]] as early examples of the genre. | + | |
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| - | The genre reached its peak in the 1830s. Much of this was due to works of [[Tamenaga Shunsui]] beginning with {{Nihongo|''Shunshoku Umegoyomi''|春色梅児誉美|}} in 1832. This was followed by a number of books in the ''Umegoyomi'' series. | + | |
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| - | However, the popularity of the genre came to abrupt end in 1842 with the introduction of the [[Tenpō reforms]]. Led by [[Mizuno Tadakuni]], Tamenaga was manacled for 50 days, ninjōbon were confiscated and burned, and fewer books in the genre were published. The restrictions are lessened after Mizuno retires. | + | |
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| - | Ninjōbon continued to be published until the early [[Meiji period]]. | + | |
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Tamenaga Shunsui (1790 – 11 February 1844) was the pen name of Sasaki Sadataka, a Japanese novelist of the Edo period. In Japan, he is best known for the romantic novel Shunshoku Umegoyomi.
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