Kamigata literature

Japanese: 上方文学 - かみがたぶんがく

This refers to the townspeople literature that flourished mainly in the Kyoto and Osaka regions during the first half of the Edo period, reaching its peak in the Genroku era (1688-1704). It is the opposite of Edo literature. With the rise of the townspeople class, the introduction of printing technology, and an increase in the number of literate people, townspeople themselves became the main actors in literature, and their vivid realism and vitality marked a departure from previous eras in literature. Starting with emerging literature such as kana-zoshi, kojoruri, and Teimon haikai, Ihara Saikaku's ukiyo-zoshi, Chikamatsu Monzaemon and Takeda Izumo's joruri, Sakata Tojuro's kabuki, and Nishiyama Soin's danrin haikai flourished brilliantly.

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Japanese:

江戸時代の主として前半期に，元禄 (1688～1704) を頂点として，京坂地方を中心に栄えた町人文学をいう。江戸文学と対する。町人階級の台頭，印刷技術の伝来，識字者の増加などを背景に，町人みずからが文学の主体となり，いきいきした写実と活力によって前代までの文学と時代を画した。仮名草子，古浄瑠璃，貞門の俳諧などの新興文学に始り，井原西鶴の浮世草子，近松門左衛門，竹田出雲の浄瑠璃，坂田藤十郎の歌舞伎，西山宗因らの談林俳諧などがはなやかに開花した。

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