資料名 |
Woodblock-printed books that served as a foothold for prosperity of Tsutaya Jūzaburō |
解説 |
Tsutaya Jūzaburō began his career as a retailer of woodblock-printed books in Yoshiwara. He expanded his stores while obtaining rights to sell woodblock-printed books that expected to bring in regular customers, such as Yoshiwara Saiken and Tomimoto-bushi. Yoshiwara Saiken was sold as a guidebook on Yoshiwara. The exhibited version was published in the Tempo era. Michiyuki-no-Kakioki Tomimoto-bushi is a kind of noh songs born from bunraku puppet plays, in which stories are sung with shamisen. It is also called gidayū. Shōhon played the role of musical scores, with lyrics and pitches. Tomimoto-bushi Shōhon sold a considerable number of copies amidst the gidayū boom, and was a mainstay product in Tsutaya’s business. Michiyuki Nobe no Kakioki is a tomitomo-bushi name of the suicide story of Kamiya Jihei and Koharu, known as kamijimono derived from Shinjū Ten no Amijima by Tsuruya Nanboku. The exhibited book is a shōhon by Tomimoto Buzendayū III, published in the Bunka era. It also shows that Tsutaya’s address moved from Tōriabura-chō to Sensō-ji Raimon-mae Namiki-chō Higashigawa. |
資料番号 |
61208 |
