was a Japanese writer in the late Edo period. He lived primarily in Edo in the service of samurai, but also spent some time in Osaka as a townsman. He was among the most prolific writers of the late Edo period - between 1795 and 1801 he wrote a minimum of twenty novels a year, and thereafter wrote (books about the licensed quarters), and over 360. Jippensha was considered the Le Sage and Dickens of Japan. Wikipedia
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