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*''Date: [[1738]], [[Hozumi Ikan]]''
*''Japanese'': 難波土産 ''(naniwa miyage)''
''Naniwa miyage'' is a text by [[Confucianism|Confucian scholar]] [[Hozumi Ikan]], published in [[1738]].
In the Preface to the book, he relates a conversation he had with [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]]. This passage contains the oft-cited quote by Chikamatsu, that "art is something that lies in the slender margin between the real and the unreal."<ref>「芸というものは実と虚との皮膜の間にあるもの也。」 Full preface transcribed at: "[http://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/artwiki/index.php/%E9%9B%A3%E6%B3%A2%E5%9C%9F%E7%94%A3 難波土産]," ArtWiki, Ritsumeikan University.<br>Translation: R. Tsunoda, et al (eds.) ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', Columbia University Press (1958), 447-448.</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
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