Edo raw glossy birch ware - Edo raw glossy birch ware

Yellow cover. Published in 1785 (Tenmei 5). Written and illustrated by Santou Kyoden. The title is a play on the Edo specialty of grilled eel. Enjiro, the only son of a millionaire Adakiya, is an ugly but conceited man. Wanting to gain a reputation as a playboy, he gives 50 ryo to a geisha, who rushes into his house claiming to be in love with him, then advertises her in a woodblock print magazine, and even attempts a fake double suicide with a prostitute from Yoshiwara. This is the story of his many foolish attempts to gain fame, all of which end in failure. The book was already so popular that people speculated that there was a real model for Tsuyujirou, but it was not necessarily based on a single person, and Tsuyujirou was a representation of a typical Edo person who was easygoing and sought fame. Following the success of this book, Tsuyujirou was published as a humorous story in 1787, which followed the same character setting.

[Masahiro Tanahashi]

"Japanese Classical Literature Series 59: Yellow-covered Books and Sharebon Collection" (1958, Iwanami Shoten) edited by Mizuno Minoru " "Japanese Classical Literature Collection 46: Yellow-covered Books, Senryu, and Kyoka" (1971, Shogakukan) edited by Hamada Giichiro" "Edo no Gisaku Ehon 2" edited by Koike Masatane et al. (Shakai Shisosha, Gendai Kyoyo Bunko)"

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黄表紙。1785年（天明5）刊。山東京伝(さんとうきょうでん)作、自画。書名は江戸名物のうなぎの蒲焼きのもじり。百万長者仇気屋(あだきや)のひとり息子艶二郎(えんじろう)は、醜男(ぶおとこ)ながらうぬぼれが強く、色男の評判をとりたくて、芸者に50両を与え、艶二郎にほれたと家に駆け込ませ、それを瓦版(かわらばん)で売り込んだり、吉原の遊女とうそ心中を試みるなど、数々の売名行為の愚行を重ねるが、ことごとく失敗に終わる顛末(てんまつ)を描く。当時すでに艶二郎にはモデルが存在すると詮索(せんさく)が加えられるほどの好評を得るが、かならずしも1人のモデルを拉(らっ)しきてつくりあげられたものではなく、享楽的でとかく名声を求める江戸人の一つの典型を艶二郎に形象化したといえる。本書の成功を受けて、人物設定をそのまま踏襲した洒落本(しゃれぼん)に『通言総籬(つうげんそうまがき)』（1787）がある。

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『水野稔校注『日本古典文学大系59　黄表紙・洒落本集』（1958・岩波書店）』▽『浜田義一郎校注『日本古典文学全集46　黄表紙・川柳・狂歌』（1971・小学館）』▽『小池正胤他編『江戸の戯作絵本2』（社会思想社・現代教養文庫）』

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