Yamamoto Hachizaemon

Japanese: 山本八左衛門 - やまもとはちざえもん

A Kyoto bookseller in the early Edo period, and author of ukiyo-zoshi. Dates of birth and death unknown. His given name was Hiroyuki. His shop name was Izumiya. His pen name was Yamanoyatsu. He wrote Koibumi Suikyou (Mirror of Love in Water) (1682) and Elegant Saga Momiji (Fragrant Saga Maple Leaves) (1683), and his published works include the anonymous Shokoku Kono Koro Koshoku Kakucho (C. 1684-87) and Unpuushi Rinko's Amorous Feathers (C. 1692-96). As a bookseller, he was sensitive to the trends of the times, and although his works retained the feel of kana-zoshi, he was considerate of current events, and in later years, when erotic books were in vogue, he published books that resembled pornographic books.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸前期の京都の本屋，浮世草子作者。生没年不詳。名は弘之。屋号和泉屋。筆名山八（やまのやつ）。《恋慕水鏡》(1682)，《風流嵯峨紅葉（さがもみじ）》(1683)の作があり，刊行書に作者不詳の《諸国此比（このごろ）好色覚帳》(1684‐87ころ)とか雲風子林鴻（うんぷうしりんこう）の《好色産毛（うぶげ）》(1692‐96ころ)などがある。本屋らしく時流に敏感で，著作は仮名草子臭を残すが時事に配慮し，後年好色本流行期には春本まがいの本を出す。

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