Shunshoku umegoyomi

work by Tamenaga

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In Japanese literature: Late Tokugawa period (c. 1770–1867)
Shunshoku umegoyomi (1832–33; “Spring Colours: The Plum Calendar”), by Tamenaga Shunsui, is the story of Tanjirō, a peerlessly handsome but ineffectual young man for whose affections various women fight. The author at one point defended himself against charges of immorality: “Even though the women I…
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