Jippensha Ikku

Shigeta Sadakazu, known as Jippensha Ikku, was born in 1765 in Suruga province, the son of a samurai in the service of the magistrate of Fuchū (of a minor official according to Samurai Archives). He served lords, in his province and then in Ōsaka, where he wrote for the theatre, before settling in Edo and living from the narratives he published. He died in 1831, and his ashes were placed in a temple in Asakusa; the anecdote of the firecrackers exploding at his cremation is thought to be a legend.

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• NovelShank's Mare東海道中膝栗毛Jippensha Ikku · 1822Literature