Ban Kohkei's "Bunsho" Movement : In Search of Modest, Beautifully-Written Essays(<Special Issues>What Are the Questions Concerning "Kinsei" (Modem Times)?)

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Ban Kohkei, the scholar of Japanese literature in the mid-Edo period, showed a great attachment to "bunsho," or the Japanese style of writing, and passionately involved himself in not only writing in this style but teaching it and spreading its knowledge to others. His "bunsho" was the unnatural and vacuous style called "gikobun" (imitation classical style); yet it was also the new style discovered and created in the mid-Edo period. Kohkei actually applied this style to the recording of passing excitements in the daily life, and also taught it. I would like to present several vivid, albeit modest, examples of "bunsho" as a result of his efforts.

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