Isoda Doya

...There are various versions, including a woodblock print, a Kan'ei illustrated print, a Kanbun version of "Takesai Kyoka Banashi," and a Tenna version of "Kakuri Takesai." The author is said to be Karasuma Mitsuhiro (1579-1638), but the more likely author is Isoda Doya (1585-1634), a doctor born in Matsusaka, Ise, and living in Edo. Takesai, a poor doctor from Kyoto in Yamashiro Province, lost hope in the capital and set out on a pilgrimage around the country with his servant, Niminosuke. After visiting the famous sights of Kyoto, he traveled down the Tokaido road and stayed in Nagoya for three years, during which he succeeded in treating a child with a wit and failed in treating a child who had fallen into a well by sucking it out with an ointment....

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…木活字本，寛永絵入整版本，寛文版《竹斎狂歌ばなし》，天和版《下り竹斎》など諸版がある。作者は烏丸光広(1579‐1638)ともされたが，伊勢松坂生れ，江戸住みの医者磯田道冶（どうや）(1585‐1634)説が有力。山城国京都の貧乏医者竹斎が都に望みを失い，下僕にらみの介（すけ）と諸国行脚を志し，なごりの京名所見物を終え，東海道を下って名古屋に3年滞在，とんちの治療で成功したり，井戸に落ちた子を膏薬で吸い出す治療に失敗したりする。…

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