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Bakin also wrote the first widely distributed Japanese-language version of the ''[[Suikoden]]'', published serially from [[1805]] to [[1835]], with illustrations by [[Katsushika Hokusai]]. | Bakin also wrote the first widely distributed Japanese-language version of the ''[[Suikoden]]'', published serially from [[1805]] to [[1835]], with illustrations by [[Katsushika Hokusai]]. | ||
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| + | He kept an extensive diary, which has been transcribed and published several times.<ref>Shibata Mitsuhiko 柴田光彦 (ed.), ''Kyokutei Bakin nikki'' 曲亭馬琴日記, four volumes, Tokyo: Chuo koron shinsha (2009).</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:43, 20 November 2017
Takizawa Bakin was a prominent writer of Edo period fiction. His most popular works are likely Nansô satomi hakkenden (1814-1842), and Chinsetsu yumihari tsuki (1807-1811, a tale of Minamoto no Tametomo).[1]
Bakin also wrote the first widely distributed Japanese-language version of the Suikoden, published serially from 1805 to 1835, with illustrations by Katsushika Hokusai.
He kept an extensive diary, which has been transcribed and published several times.[2]
