-
Gesaku (戯作) is an
alternative style, genre, or
school of ****anese literature. In the
simplest contemporary sense, any
literary work of a playful, mocking...
- townsperson. He was able to
support his
family with his
prolific writing of
gesaku,
primarily didactic historical romances,
though he
always wanted to restore...
- with Ueda Akinari's
Ugetsu Monogatari, it is
considered a
masterpiece of
gesaku literature, and one of the
classics of ****anese
historical fiction. The...
-
classical works and
historical incidents.
Examples of
these stories include:
Gesaku zanmai ("Absorbed in Letters", 1917) and Kareno-shō ("Gleanings from a Withered...
- genre. The
familiar forms of
stories are
embellished works of
literature by
gesaku writers, or
retooled for the
kabuki theater performance, in the case of...
-
legend was
adapted by
Takizawa Bakin (d. 1848) into a
burlesque novel (
gesaku)
under the
title Matsura Sayohime sekkonroku (松浦佐用媛石魂録, "The
Great Stone...
- a ****anese
artist and writer. He
produced ukiyo-e
prints and paintings,
gesaku novels, and kyōka and
haiku poetry.
Shunman was born in
about 1757 (Hōreki...
- gōkan. Kusazōshi
belong to the
group of
works of po****r
fiction known as
gesaku (戯作). The term
early kusazōshi
usually refers to akahon,
kurohon and aohon...
-
around humor and
entertainment at the
pleasure quarters. It is a
subgenre of
gesaku. In the 21st century, a
number of
female authors,
including Alison Tyler...
- they were
initially referred to as the
Shingesakuha (新戯作派, lit. "The New
Gesaku School)
after an Edo-era
literary movement, but the
terms was
replaced as...
