Library Biography Juzaburo Tsutaya / Masafumi Masuda

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Shincho Sensho is a biography of a genius editor. Tsutaya Juzaburo, also known as "Tsutaju," became the publisher of Nihombashi Dori Aburamachi when he was a bookseller. In the late Edo period, when Tanuma Okitsugu was on his merry days, he sold Yoshiwara's "Yukaku Guide," and made a series of hits such as "Kyoka" and "Kibobon." He fights with "Laughs" against the Kansei Reforms, which strengthened the control of the press. He also discovered the talents of ukiyo-e artists such as Hokusai, Utamaro and Sharaku. He vividly describes his eventful life.