- Sharebon
The (1770): a man and his son visit
Yoshiwara . The man attempts to flaunt his knowledge of the latest fashions and trends, but is wrong and ridiculed by courtesans. The naive son receives better treatment."Yūshi Hōgen" became the basic model for future novels.
Middle
The middle period existed between the 1770s and the 1780s.
The genre reached peak popularity. Authors experimented with new locations, characters, and types of humor.
Santō Kyōden , "the leading writer of fiction at the end of the eighteenth century", wrote the "best sharebon" [Keene (1976: 404)] . He wrote a number of important novels, including:
* (1791)
* had a little success in continuing the genre. However, it eventually " [...] gave way to theninjōbon in response to popular demand for sustained stories with greater depth of character [...] " [Keene (1976: 428)]Notes
References
* cite book
last = Keene
first = Donald
authorlink = Donald Keene
title = World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era 1600-1867
publisher = Grove Press
date = 1976
location = New York
language = English
id = ISBN 0-394-17074-1
* cite book
last = Kubota
first = Jun
title = Iwanami Nihon Koten Bungaku Jiten
publisher = Iwanami Shoten
date = 2007
language = Japanese
id = ISBN 978-4-00-080310-6
* cite book
last = Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten Henshū Iinkai
title = Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten
publisher = Iwanami Shoten
date = 1986
language = Japanese
id = ISBN 4-00-080067-1
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