Neboke Sensei's Writings - Neboke Sensei's Writings

Japanese: 寝惚先生文集 - ねぼけせんせいぶんしゅう

A collection of rhapsodies and mad prose. Two volumes in one book. Written by Chin Fen Hanzijiao (Ota Nanpo), with a preface by Wurai Sanjin (Hiraga Gennai), a preface by Kikofuku, and a postscript by Monomorirai. Published in Edo in 1767 (Meiwa 4). Contains 26 rhapsodies and 10 mad prose pieces by Nanpo, who was then 19 years old, and includes an appendix of a mad prose piece by Hokkai Tenmin. Two years later, Domyaku's Taihei Gafu was published in Kyoto, and together they marked the beginning of the popularity of rhapsodies. Domyaku was also a young man of 18 at the time. Modeled after anthologies of Chinese poetry and prose, it humorously depicts everyday events in such stories as "Poetry of Gold," "Sightseeing in Edo," and "Preface to Sending Off Momotaro."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

狂詩狂文集。2巻1冊。陳奮翰子角(大田南畝)著，風来山人(平賀源内)序，木子服序，物茂らい跋。1767年(明和4)江戸で刊行。時に19歳の南畝の狂詩26首と狂文10編を収め，北海天民の狂文1編を付録する。翌々年に京都から銅脈先生の《太平楽府（たいへいがふ）》が刊行され，共に狂詩流行の端緒となった。このとき銅脈もまた18歳の若さであった。中国詩文集の体に模しつつ，〈金ヲ詠ズ〉〈江戸見物〉〈桃太郎ヲ送ル序〉など身辺の事象をおもしろおかしく写している。

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