The Willow in Autumn: Ryūtei Tanehiko, 1783-1842 - Andrew Lawrence Markus - Google Books

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In early 19th-century Japan - the silver age of Edo-period literature - Ryutei Tanehiko was a well-known author of popular illustrated fiction. This account of his life and works covers his early yomihon (lengthy romances of improbable perils and…