The Story of a Woman Who Loved Women

Japanese: 跖婦人伝 - せきふじんでん

A joke book written by Deirōshi. Completed in 1749 (Kan'en 2). Three volumes and three books. The true identity of Deirōshi may have been the Japanese scholar Yamaoka Matsuake. The book consists of two parts: a tale about a nighthawk called Okatsu that exposes the inner workings of Yoshiwara at the time (a parody of the Tao Zhuang chapter of the Zhuangzi), and a treatise on the pleasures of sex called "Setsu" (The Theory of Sex) (a play on the Laozi). The publication of this book was a major stimulus to the Edo literary world thereafter, and the world of joke books dealing with discussions of pleasure quarters and amorous life began to flourish. It is a work of great significance in literary history. [Nakano Mitsutoshi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

洒落本。泥郎子（でいろうし）作。1749年(寛延2)成立。3巻3冊。泥郎子の正体は国学者山岡浚明（まつあけ）か。内容は，お跖と呼ばれる夜鷹が当時の吉原の内側を暴く説話(《荘子》盗跖篇のパロディ)と，〈色説〉と称する色道遊興論(《老子》のもじり)の2部より成る。本書の刊行は以後の江戸文壇に大きな刺激となり，遊里好色の談論を扱う洒落本の世界は活況を呈し始める。文学史的意義の大きい作である。【中野三敏】

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