Tenna Shouishu - Tenna Shouishu

Japanese: 天和笑委集 - てんなしょういしゅう

An account of the observations made in the early Edo period. Author unknown. Published during the Jokyo era (1684-88). Manuscript. 13 volumes. This is an account of the frequent large fires that occurred in Edo from November 1682 (Tenwa 2) to February of the following year, and along with detailed records, it tells a story of the people who worked at the scene of the fires and the arsonists. Volumes 11 to 13 in particular deal in detail with the case of the grocer Oshichi, and there are many references that could have been used as material for Saikaku's "Five Amorous Women." [Noda Hisao]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸前期の見聞記。作者不明。貞享年間(1684‐88)の成立。写本。13巻。1682年(天和2)11月から翌年2月にかけて，江戸で頻発した大火の見聞記で，細かい記録とともに，物語風に火災現場で活躍した人や放火犯人の様子などを書いている。とくに第11巻から第13巻までは，八百屋お七の事件を詳しく取り扱っていて，西鶴の《好色五人女》の素材として参考にすべきものが少なくない。【野田寿雄】

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