Dangibon

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The {{Nihongo|dangibon|談義本|}} was a pre-modern Japanese literary genre. Texts were written in a humorous, satirical sermon-style with the purpose of educating the masses. It is type of gesaku.

Developments

{{Nihongo|Masuho Zankō|増穂残口|}} and {{Nihongo|Issai Chozan|佚斎樗山|}} are credited with establishing the early foundations upon which the genre rests. In 1715, Masuho wrote {{Nihongo|Endō Tukugan|艶道通鑑|}}, and in 1727 Issai wrote {{Nihongo|Inaka Sōji|田舎荘子|}}. These two texts are early forerunners of the genre. However, the genre is not fully realized until several decades later. In 1752, {{Nihongo|Jōkanbō Kōa|静観房好阿|}} wrote {{Nihongo|Imayō Heta Dangi|当世下手談義||"A Clumsy Sermon in the Modern Manner"}}, which is identified as the first true example of the dangibon genre.

The genre existed between the 1752 c. 1800, reaching "the height of their popularity in the 1750s."Keene (1976: 412) It gradually evolved into the kokkeibon genre at the start of the 19th century.

Major works

  • {{Nihongo|Endō Tukugan|艶道通鑑|}} (1715)
  • {{Nihongo|Inaka Sōji|田舎荘子|}} (1727)
  • {{Nihongo|Imayō Heta Dangi|当世下手談義||"A Clumsy Sermon in the Modern Manner"}} (1752)
  • {{Nihongo|Kyōkunzō Nagamochi|教訓雑長持|}} (1752)
  • {{Nihongo|Sentō Shinwa|銭湯新話|}} (1754)
  • {{Nihongo|Nenashigusa|根南志具佐|}} (1763)
  • {{Nihongo|Fūryū Shidōken-den|風流志道軒伝||"The Biography of the Jolly Shidōken"}} (1763)
  • {{Nihongo|Wasō Byōe|和荘兵衛|}} (1774)

See also

Notes

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References

  • {{cite book

| last = Keene

| first = Donald

| authorlink = Donald Keene

| title = World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era 1600–1867

| url = https://archive.org/details/worldwithinwalls00keenrich

| url-access = registration

| publisher=Grove Press

| date = 1976

| location = New York

| isbn = 0-394-17074-1

}}

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  • {{cite book

| last = Nakano

| first = Mitsutoshi

| title = Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 81: Inaka Sōji, Imayō Heta Dangi, Tōsei Anasagasi

| publisher=Iwanami Shoten

| date = 1990

| language = Japanese

| isbn = 4-00-240081-6

}}

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