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Asai Ryōi

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Date of died January 29,1691
BooksTogi Bōko
Ukiyo Monogatari
Tōkaidō Meisho-ki
Edo Meisho-ki
Musashi Abumi
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Asai Ryōi Life story


Asai Ryōi was a Japanese writer in the early Edo period. A Shin Buddhist priest who was at one time head of a Kyoto temple, he is held to be one of the finest writers of Kanazōshi. Kanazōshi was a form of popular literature that was written with little or no kanji, thus accessible to many.

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