A study of Ukiyo Zoshi and Koshyokubon in the three capitals during the transition period,and the Nishimura books by Ichiroemon the first and second.

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K00267
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: FUJIWARA Hideki 京都府立大学, 文学部, 教授 (20264749)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 西村市郎右衛門 / 浮世草子 / 好色本 / 西村本 / 八文字屋本 / 青木鷺水 / 北条団水 / 西沢一風

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we investigate the Kamigata Amorous Books of the Genroku period　and the publishing activities of the Kyoto-based publisher Nishimura IchiroemonⅡ during the same period, and in particular the publication of Ukiyo Zoshi during the Hoei period.
As a result, we introduced Koshoku Tsuyaotoko,whose whereabouts were unknown, and revealed that it was published in the early Genroku period, or at the latest the upper period of the Hoei period. IchiroemonⅡ took over at the latest in the New Year of the 11th year of Genroku amidst the popularity of such erotic books, and in the Hoei period he collaborated with Rosui Aoki to publish Ukiyo Zoshi, but they withdrew from the book at the end of the Hoei period. It is true that Ukiyo Zoshi Publishing of IchiroemonⅡwas short-lived but it can be evaluated as an attempt at a new Nishimurabon that was conscious of the first generation Nishimurabon.

Free Research Field

日本近世文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究によって、西鶴没後（元禄6年）上方で流行していた好色本の様相の一端が明らかとなったが、それは元禄期に「好色文の達人」と称され、西鶴を凌駕するとの評価がなされていた、京都の書肆初代西村市郎右衛門の「西村本」の好色本のあり方や当時の好色本のニーズが奈辺にあったのかを考える上で、文学史のみならず文化史的にも有益な視点をもたらす。
また二代目市郎右衛門が宝永期に新「西村本」とも称すべき浮世草子の出版に着手したが、それが当時の浮世草子界における八文字屋と反八文字屋陣営との覇権争い連携した反八文字屋陣営の動向に追随した活動であったことが明らかとなった。それは出版文化史的にも注目すべきものと言える。