Nishiki of the capital - Miyako no Nishiki

Japanese: 都の錦 - みやこのにしき

Year of death: Unknown (Year of death unknown)
Year of birth: Enpo 3 (1675)
A writer of ukiyo-zoshi from the Edo period. Shishido, given the name Yoichi and the pen name Kofu. His grandfather Yoshimasa was employed by Inaba Masanori and became his retainer. Kofu was born in Osaka, and in 1695 he lived in Kyoto with his father, who had become a ronin, but in 1700 he was disowned, possibly for his dissoluteness. He became a Buddhist and adopted the name Tesshu, but later moved to Osaka, and in 1702 he published Genroku Soga Monogatari, written at the urging of Nishizawa Ippu. He wrote Genroku Taiheiki and Okitsu Shiranami in quick succession, and these works show a tendency to promote himself and show off his academic knowledge. However, in the following year he was arrested as a homeless person in Edo and exiled to Satsuma Yamagata Kinzan. In 1704 he attempted to escape but failed, and was transferred to Shikago Kinzan the following year. Here he wrote "Harima Sugihara" and "Sutekofune" and other works. In 1712, he was pardoned and returned to Kamigata, where he wrote "Tosei Chiekan" (1712) and other works, but his later years are unknown. <References> Noma Mitsutatsu, "Modern Writers' Biography," Nakajima Takashi, "The Family of 'Miyako no Nishiki'" (edited by Jinbo Goya, "Edo Literature Research")

(Yoko Kashiwazawa)

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

Japanese:

没年：没年不詳(没年不詳)
生年：延宝3(1675)
江戸時代の浮世草子作者。宍戸氏,名は与一,字は光風。祖父義政が稲葉正則に召し抱えられ,家臣となる。光風は大坂で生まれ,元禄8(1695)年,浪人した父と共に京都に住むが,元禄13年に放蕩のためか勘当される。仏者となって鉄舟と名乗るが,その後大坂に移り,元禄15年,西沢一風の勧めで書いた『元禄曾我物語』を出版。『元禄大平記』『沖津白波』などを立て続けに著すが,そこには自己宣伝と己の学識を誇示する傾向が窺える。ところが,翌16年,江戸で無宿人として捕らえられ,薩摩山ケ野金山へ流される。宝永1(1704)年には脱走を試みるが失敗,翌2年に鹿籠金山に移される。ここで『播磨椙原』『捨小舟』などを執筆。宝永6年に許されて上方に戻り,『当世智恵鑑』(1712)などを著すが,その晩年については不明。<参考文献>野間光辰『近世作家伝攷』,中嶋隆「『都の錦』の家系」(神保五弥編『江戸文学研究』)

(樫澤葉子)

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