Hanasanjin - Hanasanjin

A comic writer in the late Edo period. He was also known as Tourisanjin and Kuyotei. He was originally a shogunate yoriki (police officer) under the name Hosokawa Namijiro, and became a disciple of Santo Kyoden and a comic writer. His debut work was the omnibus "Sharetsu shingata" (A new style of writing), published in 1807 (Bunka 4), and he wrote about 70 omnibus books. He also wrote humorous stories and readings, but his forte was humorous stories and human interest stories. He produced works such as "Flowers at the Blue Tower" (1817) which marked the end of his humorous story series, and in the Bunsei era (1818-1830) he became active as a human interest story writer along with the second Nansen Shoso Manjin (Tamenaga Shunsui). However, in the Tenpo era (1830-1844), his style was supported by a nostalgic taste and a connoisseur's attitude, and he was ultimately unable to reach Shunsui's success. His representative works of human interest include "Rancho-ki" (1824), "Kuruwa Zodan" (1826), and "Awase Kagami" (1834). In his later years, he fell into poverty and made a living by selling magic trick books.

[Goya Jinbo]

"Hanayamajin" by Goya Jinbo (included in "Studies on Shunsui Tamenaga", Hakujitsusha, 1964)

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江戸後期の戯作(げさく)者。東里山人(とうりさんじん)、九陽亭(くようてい)とも号す。もと細川浪次郎(なみじろう)と称した幕府の与力(よりき)で、山東京伝の門人となり、戯作者となった。1807年（文化4）刊の合巻(ごうかん)『髑(しゃれ)た新形(しんがた)』が処女作で、合巻約70部、滑稽本(こっけいぼん)、読本(よみほん)の作もあるが、本領は洒落本(しゃれぼん)、人情本で、1817年刊の『青楼籬(まがき)の花』など、洒落本の掉尾(とうび)を飾る作品を発表するとともに、文政(ぶんせい)（1818～30）に入っては2世南仙笑楚満人(なんせんしょうそまひと)（為永春水(ためながしゅんすい)）とともに人情本作者として活躍するが、天保(てんぽう)（1830～44）に入っては懐古趣味、通人的姿勢に支えられた作風から、結局は春水に及ばなかった。人情本の代表作は『蘭蝶(らんちょう)記』（1824）、『廓雑談(くるわぞうだん)』（1826）、『合世鏡(あわせかがみ)』（1834）などである。晩年は落魄(らくはく)して手品の種本を売って生活したという。

［神保五彌］

『神保五彌著『鼻山人』（『為永春水の研究』所収・1964・白日社）』

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