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Hizakurige 膝栗毛 | ||||||
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Lit. Shank's Mare. A ribald classic by Jippensha
Ikku 十返舎一九 (1765-1831) tracing the adventures of the two bumpkins Yajirobee 彌次郎兵衛
and Kitahachi 北八 as they journey around Japan. Published in numerous installments
between 1802 and 1822, this definitive work of the *kokkeibon
滑稽本 (comical book), genre describes countless locales where the "lustful, unscrupulous
but somehow lovable heroes" run afoul of local customs with comic results. The
first series TOUKAIDOUCHUU HIZAKURIGE 東海道中膝栗毛, published from 1802 to
1809, follows Yajirobee and Kitahachi's exploits along the highway from Edo to
Kyoto and Osaka (see *Toukaidou
Gojuusantsugi 東海道五十三次), while the second series ZOKU-HIZAKURIGE 続膝栗毛,
1810-22, includes volumes on the Kiso highway (Kiso kaidou 木曾街道) as well as pilgrimages
to Konpiraguu 金比羅宮 and to Miyajima 宮島. In 1814 Ikku added an introduction to
the whole series, filling in the lives of his heroes. The best loved episodes--the
two men scalding themselves in an old-fashioned bath at an inn in Odawara 小田原,
Yajirobee being bit by a turtle in Mishima 三島, frightened by the ghostly appearance
of a robe yukata 浴衣 drying at Hamamatsu 浜松, and getting stuck in a hole
in the pillar at the Houkouji 方広寺 Daibustuden 大仏殿, Kyoto -- were illustrated by
*ukiyo-e 浮世絵 artists, most
notably Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (also known as Andou 安藤 Hiroshige, 1797-1858). |
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