Musui Dokugen

Japanese: 夢酔独言 - むすいどくげん

A unique autobiography that tells the story of a vagrant's life in a distinctive style. The author was Katsuzaemontaro Koretora (commonly known as Kokichi, pen name Musui, father of Katsu Kaishu). It contains a preface written in 1843 (Tenpo 14). It is an interesting book that vividly depicts the life of a lower-ranking Shogunate official at the end of the Edo period, but it was not published by Kaishu or by Katsu himself during his lifetime. It was introduced to the world in a serial in the magazine "Kyu Shogunate" and included in the 9th volume of Kaishu's Complete Works published by Kaizosha, but it contains many misreadings, and subsequent publications have continued to contain the same errors. The handwritten version is in the possession of Togawa. [Matsuura Rei]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

無頼の生涯を独特の語り口で叙したユニークな自伝。著者は勝左衛門太郎惟寅(俗称小吉，号夢酔，勝海舟の父親)。1843年(天保14)の自序がある。幕末の下級幕臣の生態が活写されていておもしろいが，本人および海舟生前は刊行されなかった。雑誌《旧幕府》連載で世に紹介され，改造社版《海舟全集》第9巻に収録されたが誤読が多く，その後の刊本も同じ誤りを踏襲している。自筆本は戸川氏蔵。【松浦玲】

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