《Papier-mache dog》

...The adaptation's approach transfers the era, people's names, place names, customs, and so on to Japan, and the writing is elegant and does not feel like a translation at all. This book, which immortalized Ryoi's name along with its sequel, Inuhariko, is the forerunner of supernatural stories, marking a period of supernatural stories in the early modern period, and has had an enormous influence on later generations. The original story of San'yutei Encho's human interest story, Kaiidan Botandōrō, can already be seen here. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Inu Hariko" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…その翻案態度は，時代，人名，地名，風俗などをすべて日本に移し，文章も流麗で，少しも翻訳臭さが残っていない。続編の《狗張子（いぬはりこ）》とともに，了意の名を不朽ならしめた本書は怪異小説の嚆矢（こうし）で，近世怪異小説の一時期を画したもので，後世への影響は非常に大きい。三遊亭円朝の人情噺《怪異談牡丹灯籠》の原話がすでにここに見られる。…

※「《狗張子》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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