"Picture book, Tamamo no Mae, the sleeves of the morning sun"

Japanese: 《絵本増補玉藻前曦袂》 - えほんぞうほたまものまえあさひのたもと
"Picture book, Tamamo no Mae, the sleeves of the morning sun"

...Although it was a suitable subject for stories and picture scrolls of this period, the tale of the golden-haired nine-tailed demon fox really grew during the Edo period. Many novels were written about it, including Takai Ranzan's Ehon Sangoku Yofuden (1804) and Shikitei Sanba's Tamamo-no-Mae Sangokudenki (1809), and it was also featured in puppet theater, but the culmination of this was the puppet theater Ehon Zoho Tamamo-no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto (1806) by Chikamatsu Baishiken and Sagawa Tōta. In addition, in kabuki plays, works that develop Tamamo-no-Mae include Tsuruya Namboku's Tamamo-no-Mae Kumoi no Hareginu (1821). ...

*Some of the terminology used in "Ehon Zenshuu Tamamo-no-Mae Kakusode" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この時期の物語や絵巻にもかっこうの題材となったが,金毛九尾の妖狐譚は,むしろ江戸期に入ってから大きく成長をみせた。高井蘭山の《絵本三国妖婦伝》(1804)や式亭三馬の《玉藻前三国伝記》(1809)をはじめとする多くの小説が書かれ,人形浄瑠璃においてもとりあげられたが,こうした状況を集大成したのが近松梅枝軒,佐川藤太による人形浄瑠璃《絵本増補玉藻前曦袂(あさひのたもと)》(1806)であった。また,歌舞伎劇において,玉藻前を発展させた作品として鶴屋南北の《玉藻前御園公服(くもいのはれぎぬ)》(1821)などがある。…

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