Changes

A later addition by Saitô Gesshin is the earliest assertion that Sharaku was actually a [[Noh]] actor from [[Awa province]] by the name of Saitô Jûrôbei.

A later addition by Saitô Gesshin is the earliest assertion that Sharaku was actually a [[Noh]] actor from [[Awa province]] by the name of Saitô Jûrôbei.

The original text is no longer extant, and seems to have come into being around 1789, when [[Ota Shokusanjin|Ôta Shokusanjin]]<!-- 大田蜀山人 (1749-1823)--> played a role in editing or compiling it. Sasaya Kuninori added a description of ukiyo-e lineages in 1800, entitled ''Yamato ukiyo-e no shikei'' (大和浮世絵の始系), and Ôta Nanpo made further edits in 1802.

The original text is no longer extant, and seems to have come into being around 1789, when Ôta Nanpo played a role in editing or compiling it. Sasaya Kuninori added a description of ukiyo-e lineages in 1800, entitled ''Yamato ukiyo-e no shikei'' (大和浮世絵の始系), and Nanpo made further edits in 1802.

The text was further revised in 1818 by Shikitei Sanba, and [[Keisai Eisen]] appended his own thoughts in 1833. By this point, the text had come to be known by a number of different titles, including ''Zoku ukiyo-e ruikô'' (続浮世絵類考), indicating it to be a later edition, or supplement. Another version, titled ''Zôho ukiyo-e ruikô'' (増補浮世絵類考) appeared in 1844, edited and expanded by Saitô Gesshin, and more explicitly titled as an expanded version. The final Edo period version of the text was created and published in the final year of the Edo period, 1868, by [[Tatsutaya Shukin|Tatsutaya Shûkin]], who titled his version ''Shin-zôho ukiyo-e ruikô'' (新増補浮世絵類考), or "New Expanded Various Thoughts on Ukiyo-e."

The text was further revised in 1818 by Shikitei Sanba, and [[Keisai Eisen]] appended his own thoughts in 1833. By this point, the text had come to be known by a number of different titles, including ''Zoku ukiyo-e ruikô'' (続浮世絵類考), indicating it to be a later edition, or supplement. Another version, titled ''Zôho ukiyo-e ruikô'' (増補浮世絵類考) appeared in 1844, edited and expanded by Saitô Gesshin, and more explicitly titled as an expanded version. The final Edo period version of the text was created and published in the final year of the Edo period, 1868, by [[Tatsutaya Shukin|Tatsutaya Shûkin]], who titled his version ''Shin-zôho ukiyo-e ruikô'' (新増補浮世絵類考), or "New Expanded Various Thoughts on Ukiyo-e."