Lake Asaka

Japanese: 安積沼 - あさかのぬま

A reading book. A strange tale of revenge. Written by Santo Kyoden. Illustrated by Kitao Shigemasa. Published in 1803 (Kyowa 3). Five volumes of half-sized paper, also known as Kohata Koheiji's Tale of the Dead. This is Kyoden's second long reading book, and the story revolves around the struggles of the kabuki actor Tamagawa Kasen, who is in fact the son of Satomi ronin Anzai Kinai, Kijiro (later renamed Yamai Namimon), in his revenge, and his love for the Yamato samurai Hozumi family's daughter Katsurako. It also includes anecdotes about real-life gangsters, actors, and famous monks from the early modern period, as well as the legend of Mt. Asaka, the folk tale of the Ezuta Nyobo, and the legend of Kouketsu Castle.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

読本。角書（つのがき）〈復讐奇談〉。山東京伝著。北尾重政画。1803年(享和3)刊。半紙本5冊，別名《小幡小平次（こはだこへいじ）死霊物語》。京伝の2作目の長編読本で，歌舞伎俳優玉川歌仙，実は里見浪人安西喜内の息子喜次郎(のち山井波門と改名)の敵討の苦心，そして大和郷士穂積家の娘鬘児（かつらこ）との恋を物語の主筋にし，近世初期に実在した俠客，俳優，名僧などの挿話を交えつつ，安積山伝説，絵姿女房民話，絞纈（こうけつ）城伝説等によって構成している。

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