Ishikawa Rokujuen

...The technique also developed in new ways in terms of concept and structure, upholding the idea of ​​"rewarding good and punishing evil" as the principle of novels, and using Buddhist notions of causality in the concept of stories. Legendary heroes, heroes, men of talent, and beautiful women are paired with superhuman monsters and demons, and the stories conclude with a happy ending while battling between good and evil. The representative authors of these stories, such as Santokyoden, Kyokutei Bakin, and Ishikawa Rokkien (Ishikawa Masami), were all experts (comic writers) who had mastered advanced novel techniques. In the later Yomihon, as a result of competition to create new ideas for the legendary nature of the stories, there were many stories that were violent, cruel, violent, and bizarre, but on the other hand, in the unique world of fantasy and fantasy, morality, human feelings, ideals, self-sacrifice, and justice were strongly desired, and many masterpieces were produced that responded to the psychology of the Edo period people's longing for heroes and saviors.

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…その技法も構想，構成の面で新しく展開し，〈勧善懲悪〉の理念を小説原理としてかかげ，仏教的因果観を物語の構想に援用し，伝説的な英雄，豪傑，才士，佳人らに配するに超人的な怪人，魔怪をもってし，善悪黒白あい乱れ葛藤しつつ大団円を結ぶという，娯楽性ゆたかな伝奇長編小説としての性格が著しい。山東京伝，曲亭馬琴，石川六樹園(石川雅望)らの代表的作者たちは，いずれも高度な小説技法に熟達した専門家(戯作者)たちであった。後期読本では，その伝奇性に新趣向が競われた結果として，強悪，残忍，殺伐，怪奇な作風も少なくなかったが，一方ではファンタジックで伝奇的な独自な物語世界の中で，道義，人情，理想，自己犠牲，正義がつよく希求されており，江戸期民衆の英雄，救世主待望の心理にこたえる数々の傑作を生んだ。…

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