"One thing can make a thousand dollars"

...His debut work, "Geisha Yobukodori," published in 1777 (An'ei 6), used the names of two real-life geisha from the town to depict a love triangle with one customer, and his sequel, "Keiseikai Tora no Maki" (1778), was based on the story of the time when the blind loan shark Toriyama Kengyo bought Segawa from Matsubaya in Yoshiwara, and dramatized the true love affair in the pleasure quarters through a legendary structure. These stories laid the groundwork for his later development into human interest novels. Other works he wrote include the yellow-covered "Ichigo Senkin," which was written to coincide with the opening of the Zenkoji Temple, "Keisei An Ironic Treatise," which compares Yoshiwara and brothels in the form of a war chronicle, "Kyosei Kaishinansho," which tells the wisdom of connoisseurs (all 1778), and the humorous, witty "Osewaron" (1780), showing his diverse style. [Mizuno Minoru]...

*Here is a selection of terminology explanations that refer to "a thousand gold coins in one go."

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…1777年(安永6)の処女作《妓者（げいしや）呼子鳥》は，実在の町芸者2人の名を借りて，1人の客との三角関係を描き，つづく《契情買（けいせいかい）虎之巻》(1778)は，盲人の高利貸鳥山検校が吉原松葉屋の瀬川を身請けした当時の話題に材を取り，遊里における恋愛真情を伝奇的構成によって脚色し，これらが後の人情本への展開の素地をつくった。ほかに善光寺開帳を当てこんだ黄表紙風の《一事千金》，吉原と岡場所の比較を合戦記に擬した《淫女（けいせい）皮肉論》，通（つう）の心得を語らせる《傾城買指南所》(以上1778)，しゃれのめした滑稽作《多荷論（おせわろん）》(1780)などがあり，多彩な作風を示している。【水野 稔】。…

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