Shinro-tei

Japanese: 振鷺亭 - しんろてい

Year of death: 1819
Year of birth: Unknown. A comic writer from the early late Edo period. Born into a landlord's family in Edo Hisamatsucho (one theory is Motofunacho), he is said to have squandered the family fortune on debauchery and then become an active comic writer alongside a calligraphy teacher at Kawasaki Daishigawara, but little is known about his real life. His real name was Ikari Sadai. He used many pseudonyms, including Hamamachitei and Kantomai. His comic writing activities are evident from 1789 (Kansei 1), initially emerging as a joke writer, and later pioneering new approaches to nakabon-style reading books, while also being active in rakugobon, kokeibon, and yomihon. He stopped writing comics for a while, but began writing gokan and kokeibon again at the end of the Bunka period (around 1818). When the early playwrights withdrew from the stage during the Kansei Reforms, he filled the void, providing many works that showed a basic knowledge of Chinese classics, and playing a role as a bridge to later playwrights. He also experimented with new ideas in the fields of Nakabon-style reading books and humorous books, and can be said to have been a playwright with a unique style. He also wrote serious works such as "Jitsugokyo Doji Kyoshochu." As for the year of his death, it is only known that he drowned after getting drunk in 1819. <References> Tanahashi Masahiro, "Shinro-teiron" ("Kinsei Bungei, Research and Criticism," October 1976 issue)

(Mitsutoshi Nakano)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：文政2?(1819)
生年：生年不詳
江戸後期初頭の戯作者。江戸久松町(一説に本船町)の家主の家に生まれ,遊蕩で家産を使い果たし,川崎大師河原で手習いの師匠の傍ら戯作に活躍したといわれるが,その実生活についてはほとんど分からない。本名は猪狩貞居。浜町亭,関東米など多くの別号を用いる。戯作活動は寛政1(1789)年から明らかで,初めは洒落本作者として顕れ,その後中本型読本に新機軸を開く傍ら,噺本や滑稽本,読本などに活躍。一時期戯作を中断するが,文化末年(1818年ごろ)には合巻や滑稽本で再度活動する。寛政の改革で前期戯作者が退場した折,その空隙を埋める作者として,一通りの漢学の素養を示す作品を多く提供し,後期戯作へのつなぎ役を果たすとともに,中本型読本や滑稽本の分野でも,何かと新趣向を試みていて,一癖ある戯作者といえよう。『実語教童子教証註』などの真面目な著述もある。没年に関しては,文政2(1819)年泥酔して水死したと伝えられるのみ。<参考文献>棚橋正博「振鷺亭論」(『近世文芸・研究と評論』1976年10月号)

(中野三敏)

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