Miura Jyoshin

Japanese: 三浦浄心 - みうら・じょうしん

Year of death: March 12, 1644 (April 18, 1644)
Year of birth: 1565
A kana zoshi author from the Edo period. His given name was Shigemasa, and he was called Gorozaemon. Joshin was his Buddhist name. He was a samurai who served Hojo Ujimasa of Odawara, and experienced the siege of Odawara in 1590. After the downfall of the Hojo clan, he became a merchant in Edo, and later converted to the monk Tenkai. He wrote down what he saw and heard during his time as a ronin in Edo, in the Keicho Kenbunshu, which contains over 130 entries. Joshin also wrote other works, such as Hojo Godaiki, which focuses on stories related to the Hojo clan, and Sozoro Monogatari, a collection of stories related to courtesans (both published in 1641). Both are valuable sources.

(Yoko Kashiwazawa)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：正保1.3.12(1644.4.18)
生年：永禄8(1565)
江戸時代の仮名草子作者。名は茂正,五郎左衛門と称する。浄心は法名。小田原の北条氏政に仕える武士であり,天正18(1590)年の小田原籠城を経験する。北条氏の滅亡後は江戸で商人となり,のちには天海僧正に帰依している。浪人をしていた江戸で,見聞した事柄を書き記したものが『慶長見聞集』であり,130を超える項目を有する。浄心にはほかに,北条氏にかかわる話を中心とした『北条五代記』,遊女に関係する話を集めた『そぞろ物語』(ともに1641年刊)などがある。いずれも資料として貴重。

(樫澤葉子)

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