Nansō Satomi Hakkenden

source: wikidatanovel by Kyokutei Bakin

source: wikipedia_enNansō Satomi Hakkenden (shinjitai: 南総里見八犬伝; kyūjitai: 南總里見八犬傳), commonly known as Satomi Hakkenden (Japanese: 里見八犬伝) or simply Hakkenden (Japanese: 八犬伝), is a Japanese epic novel (yomihon) by Kyokutei Bakin, originally published over the course of twenty-eight years (1814–42). Set in the Muromachi period, the story follows the adventures and mishaps of eight fictional warriors born across the Kantō region, who gradually discover their shared origin as "spirit-children" of a Satomi princess and unite in Nansō as loyal defenders of her clan. The novel, consisting of 98 chapters printed in a total of 106 booklets, is considered the largest novel in the history of Japanese Literature. Bakin, in his 70s by the time the work was completed, had gone blind before finishing the tale, and dictated the final parts to his daughter-in-law Michi Tokimura. Along with Ueda Akinari's Ugetsu Monogatari, it is considered a masterpiece of gesaku literature, and one of the classics of Japanese historical fiction. The title Hakkenden has been translated as The Eight Dog Chronicles, Tale of Eight Dogs, or Biographies of Eight Dogs.

source: wikidata日本の小説作品

source: wikipedia_ja『南総里見八犬伝』（なんそうさとみはっけんでん、旧字体: 南總里見八犬傳）は、江戸時代後期に曲亭馬琴によって著わされた長編小説、後期読本。里見八犬伝、あるいは単に八犬伝とも呼ばれる。 文化11年（1814年）に刊行が開始され、28年をかけて天保13年（1842年）に完結した、全98巻、106冊の大作である。上田秋成の『雨月物語』などと並んで江戸時代の戯作文芸の代表作であり、日本の長編伝奇小説の古典の一つである。