Funny story - Kashouki

Japanese: 可笑記 - かしょうき
Funny story - Kashouki

A kanazoshi (stories written in kana) from the early Edo period. It can also be read as "Okashiki" (this furigana is written in the text). Written by Joraishi, it was published in 1642 (Kan'ei 19). It is an essay book modelled on "Tsurezuregusa" (Essays in Idleness), and consists of 280 sections. Its contents are mainly moral lessons on morality and patriotism, and range from historical anecdotes from ancient times to the present, discussions of Buddhism, Confucianism and Buddhism, tales of observations and hearings, and short stories, but it is mainly opinions on samurai life based on the author's own experiences, and is characterised by harsh criticism of the elder retainers who controlled the domain government, and descriptions of the misery of the life of a ronin (masterless samurai).

[Shin Tanaka]

"Tanaka Shin and others, eds., "Kashiroki Taisei" (1974, Kasama Shoin)"

"Kakiki"
Volume 1, by Nyokenshi, National Diet Library

"Kakiki"


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Japanese:

江戸前期の仮名草子(かなぞうし)。「おかしき」とも読む(本文中にこの振り仮名がある)。如儡子(じょらいし)作。1642年(寛永19)刊。『徒然草(つれづれぐさ)』に倣った随筆書で、本文280段よりなる。その内容は修身経国に関する教訓を中心とし、古今の故事例話、仏法論、儒仏論、見聞談、小咄(こばなし)など多岐にわたっているが、作者の経験に即した武士生活に関する意見が主となり、藩政を支配する家老たちへの厳しい批判や、浪人生活の悲惨さを語っている点などがその特色となっている。

[田中 伸]

『田中伸他編『可笑記大成』(1974・笠間書院)』

『可笑記』
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『可笑記』


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