Alone

Japanese: ひとりね

This is an essay by Yanagisawa Kien, a retainer of the Yanagisawa Domain in Yamato Koriyama, who was said to be a man of refinement, skilled in both the arts and martial arts, and versed in a variety of arts, with 16 skills worthy of being a teacher to others. It was never published in the early modern period, and was only available in manuscript form. According to the preface, it was created in 1724 (Kyoho 9), when Kien was 21 years old and his lord, the Yanagisawa family, was transferred from Kofu to Yamato Koriyama. Kien was one of the castle receivers, and in Kujo, he took up his pen to soothe his daily boredom. The contents of the essay cover a wide range of arts and entertainment, including painting, waka poetry, haiku, koto, shakuhachi, and shamisen, but he was particularly fond of courtesans and leisure, and we can see that he was a man of refinement with many hobbies and no particular attachment to any particular thing.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

文武二道にたけ，諸芸に通じ，人の師たるに足れる芸十六に及ぶといわれた風流人，大和郡山柳沢藩家老柳沢淇園（きえん）の随筆。近世を通じて刊行されることなく，写本をもって行われた。成立は，序文によれば，主家柳沢家の甲府から大和郡山への移封があった1724年(享保9)，淇園21歳のおり，城受取役の一人として先発した彼が，彼地九条において日々の無聊（ぶりよう）の慰めに筆を執ったことに始まるという。内容は，絵画，和歌，俳諧，琴，尺八，三味線など諸事芸能にわたるが，なかでも，遊女と遊びの道に多くをさき，彼の多趣味，ことにこだわらぬ風流人士ぶりを読み取りうるだろう。

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