Hanabusa the Vengeful Heroine

Japanese: 《敵討義女英》 - かたきうちぎじょのはなぶさ

…In literature, stories of revenge became popular in the field of kibyōshi, where the Kansei Reforms prohibited the use of contemporary customs and current affairs. Nansen Shōsomahito's Katakiuchigijōnohanabusa (1795) was the beginning of this trend. Eventually, in cooperation with the newly emerging Yomihon, Shikitei Sanba, Jippensha Ikku, Sankyōden and others began to write stories of revenge, and the genre reached its heyday in the Bunka 1st year and after. …

From "The Smiling Manchu of the Southern Immortal"

...There are various theories that his main occupation was a scabbard maker, a bookseller, or a doctor. His debut work was the kibyō shamisen yūrai (The Origin of Vengeance on the Shamisen) (1783), and he wrote mostly stories that were not in keeping with the times and lacked humor, but his gijiyo no hanabusa (The Righteous Woman's Heroic Vengeance) (1795) was a big hit, and from then on, his kibyō shōdai gradually increased in content with revenge as its theme. From 1803 (Kyōwa 3), he wrote more than 10 kinds of stories every year, keeping up with the times until the year of his death....

*Some of the terminology used in "Vengeance for the Righteous Heroine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…文学では，寛政改革で当代風俗や時事問題からの取材を禁じられた黄表紙の分野に仇討物が流行した。南仙笑楚満人（なんせんしようそまひと）の《敵討義女英（かたきうちぎじよのはなぶさ）》(1795)がその端緒となった。やがて新しく台頭した読本と提携し，式亭三馬，十返舎一九，山東京伝らが仇討物を手がけるにいたり，文化初年以降その全盛期を迎えた。…

【南仙笑楚満人】より

…本業は鞘師，書店，医師と諸説ある。黄表紙《敵討三味線由来（かたきうちしやみせんゆらい）》(1783)を処女作とし，時流とは異なる滑稽の乏しい作品をもっぱら書いたが，《敵討義女英（ぎじよのはなぶさ）》(1795)は大当りで以後黄表紙はしだいに敵討を主題とする内容のものが多くなった。1803年(享和3)からは毎年10種以上を書いて時流に乗り没年に至った。…

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