Yukimaro Kitagawa

...Yellow cover. Written by Houseidou Kisanji. Illustrated by Kitagawa Yukimaro. Published in 1788 (Tenmei 8). 3 volumes. The story is based on the idea that Minamoto no Yoritomo ordered Hatakeyama Shigetada to have the feudal lords and minor lords of Kamakura enter the Hitoana cave on Fuji to distinguish between those skilled in the arts and martial arts and those who were simply ignorant. He then exposed them to the Seven Hot Springs of Hakone in an attempt to turn them into either scholars or martial artists, thereby punishing and admonishing the weak. The story is based on the Kansei Reforms, which began in Tenmei 7, and were promoted by the senior councilor Matsudaira Sadanobu, and includes the downfall of Tanuma Okitsugu's faction, as well as satirizing the panic of the samurai when they encountered the reforms. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kitagawa Gyoma" is listed below.

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…黄表紙。朋誠堂喜三二（ほうせいどうきさんじ）作。喜多川行麿（ゆきまろ）画。1788年(天明8)刊。3巻。源頼朝が畠山重忠に命じて，鎌倉の大名小名を富士の人穴に入らせて，文武道の士のほかにぬらくら武士を識別し，それを箱根七湯でさらして，文武いずれかの士たらしめようとし，惰弱をこらしめ戒めるという構想をとる。天明7年より始まった老中松平定信による寛政改革の文武奨励に取材したもので，田沼意次（おきつぐ）一派の失脚をとり入れるとともに，改革に際会しての武士たちの狼狽ぶりなどをも風刺する。…

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