Ukiyo-zoshi ( 浮世 草 子, う き よ ぞ う し , "modern stories") is a genre of Japanese literature , a kind of illustrated story of the late XVII - early XVIII century . Another name is ukiyo-bon (浮世 本, “modern books”).
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Ukiyo-zoshi were popular in Central Japan during the Genroku era. The reason for the demand for this literature was the 1682 edition of Lovelas by Ihara Saikaku . The peculiarity of “ukiyo-zoshi” was their realistic and entertaining character, in contrast to the similar in form of idealistic and didactic stories “ kana-zoshi ”. The main themes of the genre were erotica , military affairs , the lives of philistines, and the characters of people. The most famous writers of "ukiyo-zoshi" are Ihara Saikaku ( 1642 - 1693 ), Nishikawa Ippu ( 1665 - 1731 ), Nishiki Bunryu (? -?), Ejima Kiseki ( 1667 - 1736 ), Hachimonja Jiso (? - 1745 ) and others .
Sources and Literature
- Rubel V. A. Japanese civilization: traditional society and statehood. - K.: Aquilon-Press, 1997. - 256 p. - ISBN 966-7209-05-9 .
- Hibbett, Howard (1959). The Floating World in Japanese Fiction. Vermont, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company. ISBN 0-8048-1154-7 .
- John K. Gillespie, ed. (1993). Japan: A Literary Overview. New York: Council on National Literatures. ISBN 0-918680-23-9 .
- Haruo Shirane, ed. (2002). Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-10990-3 .