Twenty Unfilial Acts of Our Country - Honcho Nijufukō

Japanese: 本朝二十不孝 - ほんちょうにじゅうふこう

Ukiyo-zoshi. Five volumes. Written by Ihara Saikaku. Published in 1686 ( Jokyo 3 ). A collection of short stories consisting of 19 stories depicting the lives of various unfilial people with some exaggeration, with one tale of filial piety at the end as a congratulatory gift. Riding on the trend of encouraging filial piety, and keeping in mind tales of filial piety such as "The Twenty-Four Filial Pieties," it also shows a somewhat ironic stance, skillfully highlighting various aspects of the modern human heart that are the opposite of filial piety. It was later republished under a new title, "Shin Inkago-go."

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Japanese:

浮世草子。五巻。井原西鶴作。貞享三年（一六八六）刊。親不孝を題材に様々な不孝者の生きざまを誇張を交えて描いた一九話と最後に祝儀としておかれた孝行話一話からなる短編集。孝道奨励の時流に乗り、「二十四孝」などの孝行説話を意識しつつ、孝行とはうらはらな当世の人心の諸相を巧みに浮かび上がらせるという、ややアイロニカルな姿勢を示している。後に、「新因果物語」と改題再刊。

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