Kinkin Sensei Eiga no Yume - Kinkin Sensei Eiga no Yume

Yellow cover. 2 volumes, 2 books. Written and illustrated by Koikawa Harumachi. Published in 1775 (An'ei 4). "Kane-Kane Sensei" was a popular phrase at the time, meaning a wealthy, fashionable man who was at the forefront of fashion. Kanemuraya Kanebee, a country boy looking to make a fortune in Edo, dreams of eating the famous millet mochi at Meguro Fudo, and in the fleeting dream of it being ready, he marries a wealthy merchant and enjoys the height of prosperity in the pleasure quarters. However, he witnesses the outcome of being disowned for playing too much, and realizes that the pleasures of a lifetime are nothing more than a dream that lasts until the millet mochi is ready.

The plot is based on the Noh play "Kantan," which has precedents in the previous kusazoshi (Japanese comics) Aohon "Ukiyoeiganomakura," but it skillfully incorporates ideas from earlier sharebon works such as "Tatsumi no Sono" and "Tosei Fuzokutsu," and is set in Edo's red-light districts such as Yoshiwara and Fukagawa. It vividly depicts the various aspects of the connoisseur's consciousness that were popular at the time with innovative illustrations and intelligent writing, successfully turning the realistic world of sharebon into a nonsensical picture book. It completely changed the kusazoshi that had been aimed at children since the Akahon series, making it a reading material for adults, and it is later evaluated as the ancestor of the kibyōshi (Japanese comics with a yellow cover). It has great significance in the history of literature.

[Toshihiko Uda]

"Complete Collection of Japanese Classical Literature 46: Yellow Cover, Senryu, Kyoka" edited by Hamada Giichiro et al. (1971, Shogakukan)" ▽ "Edo no Gisaku Ehon 1" edited by Koike Masatane, Uda Toshihiko et al. (Shakai Shisosha, Gendai Kyoyo Bunko)

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黄表紙。2巻2冊。恋川春町(こいかわはるまち)作・画。1775年（安永4）刊。「金々先生」とは当時の流行語で、流行の先端をいく金持ちの粋人を意味する。江戸でひともうけしようとする田舎者(いなかもの)金村屋金兵衛は、目黒不動で名物の粟餅(あわもち)を食べようとし、それができあがるつかのまの夢に、富商の婿となって遊里での栄華を極めるが、遊びがすぎて勘当の身となる顛末(てんまつ)を見、人間一生の楽しみもしょせん粟餅のできあがる間の夢にすぎないと悟る。

　筋立ては、前代の草双紙(くさぞうし)たる青本『浮世栄花枕(うきよえいがのまくら)』などにも先例のある謡曲『邯鄲(かんたん)』によるが、洒落本(しゃれぼん)『辰巳之園(たつみのその)』『当世風俗通(ふうぞくつう)』などの先行作の趣向を巧みに取り入れ、吉原や深川などの江戸の色里を舞台に、当世流行の通(つう)意識のさまざまを斬新(ざんしん)な絵と知的な文とによって活写し、リアルな洒落本の世界をナンセンスな絵本に仕立てることに成功した。赤本以来の草双紙が子供向けであったのを一変させて大人向けの読み物とし、のち黄表紙の鼻祖と評価されるなど、文学史的に大きな意義をもつ。

［宇田敏彦］

『浜田義一郎他校注『日本古典文学全集46　黄表紙・川柳・狂歌』（1971・小学館）』▽『小池正胤・宇田敏彦他編『江戸の戯作絵本1』（社会思想社・現代教養文庫）』

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