Yoshiwara is a popular boy - Yoshiwara is a popular boy

Japanese: 吉原はやり小哥そうまくり - よしわらはやりこうたそうまくり

A collection of songs from the Edo period. It is a collection of songs that were popular in the pleasure quarters of Edo's Yoshiwara around the Kanbun era (1661-73). The original copy is no longer available, and the publication year, publisher, and editor are unknown, but the surviving copy, the Kansei edition, states that it was published by Nakajimaya Izaemon in 1662 (Kanbun 2). Furthermore, Ryutei Tanehiko's Yoshiwara Book Catalog states that it was published around the Enpo and Tenwa eras (1673-84). There are three surviving versions: the Kansei 5th edition (1793), the Bunsei 2nd edition (1819), and the Kanoko edition (year of publication unknown).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代の歌謡集。寛文(1661‐73)ころ，江戸吉原の遊里で流行した歌謡を集めたもの。現在原本は伝わらず，刊年，版元，編者等も不明であるが，伝本の〈寛政版〉には，寛文2年(1662)中嶋屋伊左衛門刊とある。また，柳亭種彦の《吉原書籍（しよじやく）目録》は，延宝･天和年間(1673‐84)ころの刊とする。伝本には〈寛政5年(1793)版〉〈文政2年(1819)版〉〈鹿の子版(刊年不明)〉の3系統がある。

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