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A kibyōshi author from the late Edo period. His real name was Ichiba Nenichi. His pen name was Kohiko, and he was commonly known as Oguraya Koheiji. He also went by the names Kyokuntei and Sanbunsei, and his haiku name was Tachibana Shizuku. He was a native of Edo. He was a mounter in Toriabura-chō, Nihonbashi, and made his debut in the world of kibyōshi in 1779 (An'ei 8) with his debut work Usotsuki Yajirō Keisei no Makoto (Usotsuki Yajirō Keisei no Makoto). Since then, he worked with artists such as Torii Kiyonaga and Kitao Masayoshi, and produced around 100 kibyōshi works by 1802 (Kyōwa 2). He remained single his whole life, and was known as the "sage of the city" for his eccentric nature, but he loved his younger brother's children, and many of his works were old-fashioned and didactic, aimed at children, so he was called the "laugher of Kyokun." His major works include "Lesson-Told Mosquito Curse" and "Instant Learning by Listening."

[Toshihiko Uda]

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江戸後期の黄表紙作者。本名市場寧一。字(あざな)は子彦、通称小倉屋小平次。別に教訓亭、三文生などと号し、俳名を橘雫(きってき)といった。江戸の人。日本橋通油町(とおりあぶらちょう)の表具師で、1779年（安永8）『嘘言彌二郎傾城誠(うそつきやじろうけいせいのまこと)』などを処女作として黄表紙界に登場し、以来、鳥居清長や北尾政美(まさよし)らの絵師と組んで、1802年（享和2）までに約100部の黄表紙作品を残した。一生独身で、その変人ぶりから「市中の仙」の評判をとったが、弟の子を愛し、その作品にも子供を対象とした古風で教訓的なものが多く、「教訓の通笑」といわれた。主要作に『教訓蚊の呪(まじない)』『即席耳学問』など。

［宇田敏彦］

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