Sardine Seller - Sardine melon

Japanese: 《鰯売り》 - いわしうり
Sardine Seller - Sardine melon

...Author unknown. There is an old manuscript entitled "The Sardine Seller," and it is thought to be the same as the "Tale of the Sardine Urino" in the entry for February 5, 1597, in the "Tokitsunekyoki." The story is about a sardine seller named Monkey Genji who falls in love with a courtesan named Hotaru-bi in Gojo Higashinotoin thanks to his virtue in waka and renga poetry, and rises to success in life. Monkey Genji is named after Hikaru Genji, so it can be said to be a commoner's version of the Tale of Genji.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Sardine Seller" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…作者未詳。《鰯(いわし)売り》と題した古写本も存し,《言経卿記(ときつねきようき)》慶長2年(1597)2月5日条の〈鰯ウリノ物語〉は同じものと思われる。内容は,鰯売りの猿源氏が和歌連歌の歌徳により五条東洞院の傾城〈蛍火〉との恋を遂げ,立身出世するというもので,猿源氏は光源氏の名を踏まえており,いわば《源氏物語》の庶民版草子ともいえる。…

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