Wakoku Sangen - Wakoku Sangen

Japanese: 和刻三言 - わこくさんげん

These are three books published by the mid-Edo period Confucian scholar Oka Hakukome and his disciple Sawada Issai, who added kunden and side notes to Chinese baichu short stories. Hakukome's "Shosetsu Seigen" (4 volumes, 4 books, 1743) contains four stories from "Xingshi Hengyan" (Xing World Constant Words) written at the end of the Ming Dynasty, "Shosetsu Kigen" (5 volumes, 5 books, 1753) contains five stories from "Konko Kikan" and other works, and Issai's "Shosetsu Suigen" (5 volumes, 5 books, 1758) also contains five stories from "Konko Kikan" and "Keisei Tongyan". Sawada Issai (1701-82) was the owner of the Kyoto bookshop Fugetsudo, and in addition to studying Confucianism, he was also well versed in Japanese classics and had a wide circle of friends.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸中期の儒者岡白駒（はつく）とその門人沢田一斎が，中国の白話短編小説に訓点･傍訓を施して刊行した三つの書物。白駒による《小説精言》(4巻4冊。1743)は明末の《醒世恒言》から4話を，《小説奇言》(5巻5冊。1753)は《今古奇観》などから5話を，一斎による《小説粋言》(5巻5冊。1758)も《今古奇観》《警世通言》などからの5話をおのおの収載。沢田一斎(1701‐82)は京都の書肆（しよし）風月堂の主人で，儒を学んだほか日本の古典にも通じ，交友も広かった。

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