An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Mega-City, 1750-1850

Source Texts and Modern Editions

+@;.$ Abbreviations hjas = Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies nkbt = Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei nkbz = Nihon Koten Bungaku Zenshū nkz = Nihon Koten Zensho snkbt = Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei I. PLAYBOYS, PROSTITUTES, AND LOVERS Yamaoka Matsuake, Seki the Night Hawk (Sekifujinden, 3 volumes, 1753), Tokyo Metropolitan Chūō Library. And Nakano Mitsutoshi, ed., NKBZ 47, pp. 34–50. Hiraga Gennai, “A Lousy Journey of Love: Two Sweethearts Won’t Back Down” (“Dōchū Shirami no Imosesuji”), from Hika Rakuyō, 1783, Tokyo Metropolitan Chūō Library. And Kindai Nihon Bungaku Taikei, Kokumin Tosho (1927), vol. 23, pp. 806–807; Hiraga Gennai Sensei Kenshōkai, ed., Hiraga Gennai Zenshū, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Meicho Kankōkai, 1970), pp. 447–448. Umebori Kokuga, At a Fork on the Road to Hiring a Hooker (Keiseikai Futasujimichi, 1798). Tokyo Metropolitan Chūō Library. And Mizuno Minoru, ed., Kibyōshi Sharebonshū, NKBT 59, pp. 442–465; Mizuno Minoru, ed., Sharebon Taisei, vol. 17 (Tokyo: Chūō Kōronsha, 1978–1981), pp. 111–126. Tamenaga Shunsui, Intimations of Spring: The Plum Calendar (Shunshoku Umegoyomi, Nishimuraya Yuhachi and Ōshimaya Den’emon, 1832–1833), Tokyo Metropolitan Chūō Library. And NKBT 64 (1962): pp. 42–238. II. GHOSTS, MONSTERS, AND DEITIES Baba Bunkō, One Hundred Monsters in Edo of Our Time (Tōdai Edo Hyaku Bakemono, hand-copied edition, 1758). Hand-copied manuscript, Hōreki Tōdai Edo Hyaku 494 SOURCE TEXTS AND MODERN EDITIONS Bakemono (National Diet Library). And Hayakawa Junzaburō, Sekine Masanao, et al., eds., Tōdai Edo Hyaku Bakemono; Nihon Zuihitsu Taisei, series 2, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 1928) pp. 787–806; Sōsho Edo Bunko, Nakano Mitsutoshi, ed., SNKBT 97 (2000): pp. 1–42. Hiraga Gennai (Fūrai Sanjin), Rootless Grass (Nenashigusa, Okamoto Rihei, 1763, 1769), Edogawa Ranpo Museum, Rikkyo University. And Nakamura Yukihiko , ed., Fūrai Sanjin Shū, NKBT (1961): pp. 35–94. Shiba Zenkō, Thousand Arms of Goddess, Julienned: The Secret Recipe of Our Handmade Soup Stock (Daihi no Senrokuhon, Tsutaya Jūzaburō, 1785), Tokyo Metropolitan Chūō Library. And Mizuno Minoru, ed., Kibyōshi Sharebon Shū, NKBT 59 (1958): pp. 107–114; Nakayama Yūshō, in Koike Masatane, Uda Toshihiko, Nakayama Yūshō, and Tanahashi Masahiro, eds., Edo no Gesaku Ehon 2 (Tokyo: Shakai Shisōsha, 1981), pp. 133–146. Jippensha Ikku, The Monster Takes a Bride (Bakemono no Yomeiri, Yamaguchiya Tōbei, 1807), University of Tohoku Library. And Adam Kabat, Edo Bakemono Zōshi (Tokyo: Shōgakukan, 1999), pp. 85–116. Tsuruya Nanboku IV, Epic Yotsuya Ghost Tale (Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan, 1825). The original production book in Tsubouchi Memorial Theater Museum, Waseda University. And Gunji Masakatsu, ed., Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan, in Shinchō Nihon Koten Shūsei (Shinchōsha, 1996). Additional directions have been added in brackets by the translator based on the standard production currently in the repertoire. III. HEROES, ROGUES, AND FOOLS Santō Kyōden, Playboy, Grilled Edo Style (Edoumare Uwaki no Kabayaki, Tsutaya Jūzaburō, 1785), Tokyo Metropolitan Chūō Library and Nagoya Hōsa Bunko Library. And Tanahashi Masahiro, in Koike Masatane, Uda Toshihiko , Nakayama Yūshō, and Tanahashi Masahiro, eds., Edo no Gesaku Ehon 2 (Tokyo: Shakai Shisōsha, 1981), pp. 147–182; Mizuno Minoru, ed., Kibyōshi Sharebon Shū, NKBT 59 (1958): pp. 135–156; Koike Masatane, Uda Toshihiko , Nakayama Yūshō, and Tanahashi Masahiro, eds., Edo no Gesaku Ehon 2 (Tokyo: Shakai Shisōsha, 1796), pp. 135–156. Tsuruya Nanboku IV and Sakurada Jisuke II, Osome and Hisamatsu: Their Amorous History—Read All about It! (Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri, hand-copied manuscript, 1813), Tsubouchi Memorial Theater Museum, Waseda University . And Fujio Shin’ichi, ed., Tsuruya Nanboku Zenshū, vol. 5 (Tokyo: San’ichi Shobo, 1971), pp. 7–56. Kyokutei (Takizawa) Bakin, opening section from The Tale of the Eight Dog Warriors of the Satomi Clan (Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, Seizandō Yamazaki Heihachi , 1814–1842), Tokyo Metropolitan Chūō Library. And Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, vol. 1, 1990). Kyokutei (Takizawa) Bakin, Funamushi episodes from The Tale of the Eight Dog Warriors of the Satomi Clan (Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, Bukeidō Chōjiya Heibei, 1814–1842), Tokyo Metropolitan Chūō Library. And Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, vol. 5 (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1990). SOURCE TEXTS AND MODERN EDITIONS 495 Ryūtei Rijō, Eight Footloose Fools: A Flower Almanac (Hanagoyomi Hasshōjin, Bun’eidō Ōshimaya Den’emon, 1849), Tokyo Metropolitan Chūō Library. And Okitsu Kaname, ed., Hanagoyomi Hasshōjin, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1982). Kawatake Mokuami (Kawatake Shinshichi II), “Benten the Thief,” from A Storybook of...