Yesterday is today's story - Yesterday is today's story

Japanese: 昨日は今日の物語 - きのうはきょうのものがたり

A kana zoshi (traditional Japanese story). The author is unknown. It was probably written in the early Kanei period. The number of stories varies depending on the version, but there are about 140 stories. It is a collection of humorous tales from the turbulent Sengoku period, and includes many vulgar stories. The writing style is colloquial, which may have made it familiar to readers at the time, and it seems to have sold well. There are many different versions, including old printed versions.

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Japanese:

仮名草子。咄本 (はなしぼん) 。作者未詳。寛永初年成立か。諸本により話数に違いがあるが，約 140話前後。戦国乱世の笑話を書きとめたもので，猥雑な咄も多数含まれる。文体は口語体で，当時の読者には親しみやすかったものか，よく売れたらしい。古活字本をはじめ多種の諸本がある。

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