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*''Born: [[1612]]''
*''Died: [[1691]]''
*''Japanese'': [[浅井]] 了意 ''(Asai Ryôi)''
Asai Ryôi was an early [[Edo period]] writer of popular fiction and non-fiction. He is most famous for an oft-quoted line from his ''[[Ukiyo monogatari]]'' ("Tales of the Floating World"), in which he writes: "". This work is also often said to mark the beginning of the spread of the popular, Edo period, use of the term ''[[ukiyo-e|ukiyo]]'' to refer to the fleeting world of pleasures (rather than its older, Buddhist, meaning, referring to this fleeting life of suffering).<ref>Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton, ''The Women of the Pleasure Quarter''. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996. p27.; Melina Takeuchi, ''Seduction: Japan's Floating World'', San Francisco: Asian Art Museum (2015), 2-3.</ref>
His works include ''Ukiyo monogatari'', ''Tôkaidô meishoki'' ("A Record of [[meisho|Famous Places]] Along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]]"), ''Musashi abumi'' ("Stirrups of [[Musashi province|Musashi]]"), and ''Honchô jokan shô'' ("Mirror of Women of Our Realm") in [[1661]], and ''Edo meishoki'' ("Record of Famous Places of [[Edo]]") the following year.
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[[Category:Other Historical Figures]]
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*''Died: [[1691]]''
*''Japanese'': [[浅井]] 了意 ''(Asai Ryôi)''
Asai Ryôi was an early [[Edo period]] writer of popular fiction and non-fiction. He is most famous for an oft-quoted line from his ''[[Ukiyo monogatari]]'' ("Tales of the Floating World"), in which he writes: "". This work is also often said to mark the beginning of the spread of the popular, Edo period, use of the term ''[[ukiyo-e|ukiyo]]'' to refer to the fleeting world of pleasures (rather than its older, Buddhist, meaning, referring to this fleeting life of suffering).<ref>Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton, ''The Women of the Pleasure Quarter''. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996. p27.; Melina Takeuchi, ''Seduction: Japan's Floating World'', San Francisco: Asian Art Museum (2015), 2-3.</ref>
His works include ''Ukiyo monogatari'', ''Tôkaidô meishoki'' ("A Record of [[meisho|Famous Places]] Along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]]"), ''Musashi abumi'' ("Stirrups of [[Musashi province|Musashi]]"), and ''Honchô jokan shô'' ("Mirror of Women of Our Realm") in [[1661]], and ''Edo meishoki'' ("Record of Famous Places of [[Edo]]") the following year.
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==References==
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[[Category:Other Historical Figures]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
