Koshi Night Talk - Kashiyawa

This is a collection of essays by Matsuura Kiyoshi (pen name Seizan), lord of Hizen Hirado domain. The main and sequel volumes are 100 each, with three volumes totaling 78. At the suggestion of Hayashi Jussai, a central figure in the Edo Shogunate's educational administration and a friend of Seizan's, he began writing on the night of November 17th, 1821 (Bunsei 4), the year of his retirement, and continued writing for 20 years, but it was never completed. It is said that each volume was proofread by Jussai. Many of the essays are based on interviews with Jussai. The contents range from the Imperial Court and the Shogunate, to anecdotes about the Tokugawa Shoguns including Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu, daimyo, hatamoto, Shogunate officials including the Elders, scholars, writers, monks, doctors, entertainers, and other notable people, as well as strange tales, unusual stories, folk customs, and strange happenings from overseas countries. As he was skilled in both the arts and the military, and was also well-versed in the everyday life of the people, the articles are abundant and varied, and are not only extremely useful sources for learning about the social conditions from the Warring States period to the Tanuma era, but also excellent reading material.

[Michio Miyazaki January 19, 2017]

``Koshi Night Story'' (1910, Kokusho Kankokai) ▽ ``Koshi Night Story'' (Heibonsha, Toyo Bunko) ▽ ``Unpublished Koshi Night Story'' (1964, Arimitsu Shobo)

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肥前平戸(ひぜんひらど)藩主松浦清(まつらきよし)（号静山(せいざん)）の随筆集。正編、続編各100巻、三編78巻。江戸幕府文教行政の中心人物で静山と親交のあった林述斎(はやしじゅっさい)の勧めにより、隠居の年、1821年（文政4）11月甲子（17日）の夜に起稿、20年間書き続けたが未完成に終わった。巻ごとに述斎の校閲を受けたという。述斎からの聞き書きも多い。内容は宮廷、朝幕関係をはじめ、信長、秀吉、家康以下の徳川将軍、大名、旗本、老中以下の幕吏、学者、文人墨客、僧侶(そうりょ)、医師、芸能人、その他名士の逸話、国内諸地域の奇談、異聞や民間の風俗、海外諸国の珍事奇聞などにわたる。文武両道を兼ねて諸芸を身につけ、下情にも通じていたことにより記事は豊富多彩、戦国期から田沼時代にかけての社会相を知るうえで、きわめて有益な資料であるばかりでなく、読み物としても絶好である。刊本は、国書刊行会本、東洋文庫本がある。

［宮崎道生　2017年1月19日］

『『甲子夜話』（1910・国書刊行会）』▽『『甲子夜話』（平凡社・東洋文庫）』▽『『未刊甲子夜話』（1964・有光書房）』

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