Saikaku's Stories from Various Countries - Saikaku's Stories from Various Countries

Japanese: 西鶴諸国はなし - さいかくしょこくはなし

Ukiyo-zoshi. Written by Ihara Saikaku. Five volumes, five books. Published in 1685. Title: Recent Tales from Various Provinces, subtitle: Ogema. A collection of Saikaku's observations, legends, and other ghost stories and curious anecdotes from various provinces. Each of the 35 chapters has a theme such as "wisdom," "mystery," or "duty," and the stories are handled with skillful narration and a human touch that is characteristic of Saikaku. This is one of the so-called miscellaneous stories.

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Japanese:

浮世草子。井原西鶴作。5巻5冊。貞享2 (1685) 年刊。内題『近年諸国はなし』，副題『大下馬』。西鶴の見聞や，伝説など，諸国の怪談，珍聞を集めたもの。 35章の各章にそれぞれ「知慧」「不思議」「義理」などの題目を掲げ，それらの話を巧みな語り口をもって西鶴らしい人間臭さで処理している。いわゆる雑話物の一つ。

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