Hōseidō Kisanji

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Hōseidō Kisanji ( Japanese 朋 誠 堂 喜 三 二 , actually: 平 沢 常 福 , Hirasawa Tsunetomi ; born May 13, 1735 in Edo ; † June 18, 1813 ) was a Japanese writer.

Hōseidō emerged as the author of satirical prose of the genre Kibyōshi , which are a few pages of illustrated stories that are reminiscent of modern comics. He often worked with the graphic artist Koikawa Harumachi . Works like Bumbu futamichi mangoku-dōshi ( 文武 二 道 万 石 通 , 1788) and Omukaeshi bumbu no futamichi (1789) became known. The satirical confrontation with the samurai class led to the censorship of his works by the Tokugawa shogunate. In his later years, Hōseidō wrote Kyōka poems.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 朋 誠 堂 喜 三 二 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Kodansha, accessed November 25, 2011 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ Roman Adrian Cybriwsky: Historical Dictionary of Tokyo . 2nd Edition. Scarecrow Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-8108-7238-7 , pp. 94 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ^ Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 357 (English, limited preview in the Google Book Search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Hōseidō is the family name, Kisanji the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Hōseidō, Kisanji
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 朋 誠 堂 喜 三 二 (Japanese); Hirasawa, Tsunetomi (real name); 平 沢 常 福 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH Edo
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1813