Holy Red Light District - Hijiri no Yuukaku

Japanese: 聖遊廓 - ひじりのゆうかく
Holy Red Light District - Hijiri no Yuukaku

A humorous story. Published in 1757 (7th year of the Horeki era). Author unknown. The title comes from the idea of ​​the three sages Confucius, Laozi, and Shaka being likened to tourists and having a night of fun. Guided by the owner of the brothel, Li Bai, Confucius plays with Daido Tayu, Laozi with Ozora Tayu, and Shaka with Kase Tayu, and eventually Confucius and Laozi have sex, but only Shaka escapes from the brothel with Kase Tayu and they joke about traveling to the equinox. The aim of this book is the unique idea of ​​making the three sages humorous and vulgar, and the distinctive feature is that the prototype of the humorous storybook, which is written in a conversational style, can already be seen. A work that follows the style of this book is Torai Sanna's Sankyoshiki (1783).

[Masahiro Tanahashi]

"Mizuno Minoru et al., eds., Sharehon Taisei 2 (1978, Chuokoron-Shinsha)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

洒落本(しゃれぼん)。1757年(宝暦7)刊。作者未詳。孔子、老子、釈迦(しゃか)の三聖を遊客に見立て、一夜の遊びをさせる趣向に書名の由来がある。揚屋の亭主李白(りはく)の案内で、孔子は大道太夫(たゆう)、老子は大空太夫、釈迦は仮世太夫を相方に遊び、やがて孔子と老子は床入りをするが、釈迦だけは仮世太夫とともに廓(くるわ)を抜け出し彼岸への道行としゃれる。三聖を滑稽(こっけい)卑俗化した奇抜な着想が本書のねらいであり、会話体で描写を進める洒落本の原型がすでにみられるところに特徴がある。本書の趣向を踏襲したものに唐来参和(とうらいさんな)の『三教色(さんきょうしき)』(1783)がある。

[棚橋正博]

『水野稔他編『洒落本大成2』(1978・中央公論社)』

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