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A late Edo period author of gokan (collected volumes). He was the younger brother of Santo Kyoden, and his real name was Iwase Momoki. His pen name was Tetsubai, he was commonly known as Soshiro, and his other names were Santoan, Santosha, and Tetsuhitsudo. His debut work was "Katakiuchiimoseyama Monogatari" (The Tale of Revenge of Imoseyama) published in 1807 (Bunka 4), and he wrote over 50 collected volumes. At first, following the example of his elder brother Kyoden, he wrote a few readings and humorous stories, but after Kyoden's death in 1881, he devoted himself to collages of stories about revenge, and in his later years he wrote many long collages in the style of ukiyo-zoshi (tales of the world), such as "Mukashimoyo Musume Hyoban-ki" (1835-1842, 6 volumes in total), "Oomisokaakebonozoshi" (1839-1859, 26 volumes in total), and "Oshiegusa Nyobo Katagi" (1846-1858, 20 volumes in total). He is the third author of a collection of comics after Ryutei Tanehiko and Kyokutei Bakin, but his style is didactic and aimed at women and girls. He also wrote a well-known book on the subject of "Thoughts on Cross-dressing in the Rekishi Era" (1847).

[Goya Jinbo]

"The Teachings of the Wife's Life" (1935, Yuhodo Bunko)

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江戸後期の合巻(ごうかん)作者。山東京伝の弟で、本名岩瀬百樹(ももき)、字(あざな)は鉄梅、通称相四郎、別号に山東庵(あん)、山東舎、鉄筆堂など。1807年（文化4）刊『復讐妹背山物語(かたきうちいもせやまものがたり)』を処女作として50余部の合巻を執筆している。初めは兄京伝に倣って二、三の読本(よみほん)や滑稽本(こっけいぼん)の作もあるが、16年京伝が没してのちは敵討物(かたきうちもの)の合巻に専心し、晩年は『昔模様娘評判記』（1835～42、全6編）、『大晦日曙草紙(おおみそかあけぼのぞうし)』（1839～59、全26編）、『教草女房形気(おしえぐさにょうぼうかたぎ)』（1846～58、全20編）など、浮世草子(うきよぞうし)の気質物(かたぎもの)の作風に倣った長編合巻を多く執筆した。柳亭種彦(りゅうていたねひこ)、曲亭馬琴(きょくていばきん)に次ぐ合巻作者であるが、作風は婦女子を対象として教訓的である。ほかに風俗考証の好著『歴世女装考』（1847成）がある。

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『『教草女房形気』（1935・有朋堂文庫）』

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