Daihi no Senrokubon - Daihi no Senrokubon

Yellow cover. One volume. Written by Shiba Zenko and illustrated by Kitao Masanobu (Sankyoden). Published in 1785 (Tenmei 5). The title is a play on the phrase "One Thousand and Six Radishes," reflecting the popularity of radish dishes, and the inscription reads "Homemade cooking/Only the rice porridge is needed." The story is about the Thousand-Armed Kannon, the principal image of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, who, due to the current economic downturn, seeks the help of a speculator to make a profit by lending out his thousand arms for rent. However, there is no clear plot to the story, and it instead depicts the comical acts that occur when people such as Taira Tadanori, who lost his right hand in the Genpei War, and an illiterate man, get help from the Kannon, and ends with Sakanoue no Tamuramaro firing a thousand arrows to defeat bandits. It is an unusually short work of just five sheets (10 pages), and was part of a project by the up-and-coming publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo, which brought together such leading authors of the time as Houseidou Kisanji and Santo Kyoden. Not only did it fully demonstrate Zenko's talent for humor, but it also became one of his masterpieces, and is known as the most kibyōshi-style story.

[Toshihiko Uda]

"Japanese Classical Literature Series 59: Yellow-bystory Books and Sharebon Collection, edited by Mizuno Minoru (1958, Iwanami Shoten)" ▽ "Japanese Classical Literature Collection 46: Yellow-bystory Books, Senryu, and Kyoka, edited by Hamada Giichiro et al. (1971, Shogakukan)" ▽ "Edo no Gisaku Ehon: Yellow-bystory Book Collection 2, edited by Koike Masatane, Uda Toshihiko et al. (Shakai Shisosha, Gendai Kyoyo Bunko)"

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黄表紙(きびょうし)。一巻一冊。芝全交(ぜんこう)作、北尾政演(まさのぶ)（山東京伝）画。1785年（天明5）刊。題名は、大根料理の流行を反映して「大根の千六本」をもじったもので、角書(つのがき)に「御手料理／御知而已(おしるのみ)」とある。清水寺(きよみずでら)の本尊千手観音(せんじゅかんのん)が、世の中が不景気なため山師の助けを借り、千本の手を損料貸しにしてひともうけしようとする話であるが、筋(すじ)らしい筋はなく、源平合戦で右手を切り落とされた平忠度(ただのり)や無筆の男などがその手を借りて巻き起こす滑稽(こっけい)を描き、最後を坂上田村麿(さかのうえのたむらまろ)が観音の助けで千の矢を放って賊を退治する話でしめる。わずか五丁（10ページ）という異例の超短編で、新進気鋭の版元蔦屋重三郎(つたやじゅうざぶろう)が朋誠堂喜三二(ほうせいどうきさんじ)、山東京伝ら当代の代表的作者を動員した企画物の一環であるが、その滑稽の才を遺憾なく発揮して全交の代表作となったばかりか、もっとも黄表紙らしい黄表紙として知られる。

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『水野稔校注『日本古典文学大系59　黄表紙・洒落本集』（1958・岩波書店）』▽『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　黄表紙集2』（社会思想社・現代教養文庫）』

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