"Tang Daimon Mansion" - Kara Nashi Daimon Mansion

...His style is characterized by its entertainment value, incorporating current events and fashions. His representative works are long stories based on actual events, such as "Karanashi Daimon Yashiki" (1705), which deals with the Yodoya Ketsushi Incident in Osaka, and "Kumagaya Onna Amagai Kasa" (1706), which deals with a female revenge in Kyoto. He made use of his talent as a Joruri writer to adapt to the trend of introducing theatrical elements into Ukiyo Zoshi and making them longer stories, which began around 1700, and he also wrote stories about erotic matters and samurai. He was also active as a zahai judge. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Tangdamen Mansion" is listed below.

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…時事･流行をとり入れた娯楽性の強い作風が特徴である。浮世草子には，大坂の淀屋闕所（よどやけつしよ）事件を扱う《棠（からなし）大門屋敷》(1705)，京都の女敵討（めがたきうち）を取りあげた《熊谷女編笠》(1706)など実際の事件を扱う長編が代表作で，1700年ころよりの浮世草子に演劇色を導入して長編化する風潮に，浄瑠璃作者の資質を生かした作者で，好色物，武家物の作もある。雑俳点者としても活躍している。…

※「《棠大門屋敷》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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