Naniwa miyage

Date: 1738, Hozumi Ikan
Japanese: 難波土産 (naniwa miyage)

Naniwa miyage is a text by 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."^[1]

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References

↑ 「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: "難波土産," ArtWiki, Ritsumeikan University.
Translation: R. Tsunoda, et al (eds.) Sources of Japanese Tradition, Columbia University Press (1958), 447-448.

[1] 「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: "難波土産," ArtWiki, Ritsumeikan University.
Translation: R. Tsunoda, et al (eds.) Sources of Japanese Tradition, Columbia University Press (1958), 447-448.

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