Blue Book - Aohon

Japanese: 青本 - あおほん

A type of kusazoshi published in the mid-Edo period. It was popular around the Enkyo and An'ei periods (1744-81). It succeeded the Akahon, and is more suitable for adults than the Akahon. It was so named because its cover is light green. There was a similar Kurohon from the same period, and there is almost no difference between the two, but there were more Kurohon from the early to mid-period, and more Aohon in the later period. The contents are almost the same for both, but the Kurohon is more suitable for young people. Written mainly with pictures, the stories range from fairy tales to kabuki, joruri collections, religious and historical themes, stories of revenge, and happy occasions. As the stories became more complex, they developed into kibyōshi and then into gokan. Many of them were the artist's own creations, and representative artists include Torii Kiyotsune, Tomikawa Ginsetsu (Fusanobu), and Kansui-dō Jōa.

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Japanese:

江戸時代中期に刊行された草双紙の一種。延享～安永 (1744～81) 頃に流行。赤本のあとをうけたもので，赤本より成人向き。表紙が萌黄色であるところからの呼称。同様の傾向をもつ同時期のものに黒本があり，両者の間にはほとんど区別がないが，初期から中期にかけては黒本が多く，後期には青本のほうが多い。内容も両者ほぼ同じだが，黒本のほうが青少年向き。絵を中心として書かれ，話の内容は，おとぎ話的なものから，歌舞伎，浄瑠璃集，宗教的なもの，歴史的なもの，仇討ち物，おめでた物などへと展開している。話が複雑になるにつれて黄表紙へ発展，さらに合巻へと成長する。画工の自作物が多く，鳥居清経，富川吟雪 (房信) ，観水堂丈阿などが代表的作者。

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