History of the Japanese Press
Abstract
History of the Japanese Press SAGE Publications, Inc.1968DOI: 10.1177/001654926801400102 John A.Lent BY t . A kawara-ban, or slate impression (see Plate I), distributed during the early I 7th century, depicting the battle of Osaka in 1615 when the Tokugawa forces attacked the Toyotomi army. Plate I. An early kawara-ban distributed in Japan in the t 7th century to inform the populace of the latest military developments. , 2. A ballad describing the difficulties of love which was sung in the streets by banjo-strumming news purveyors ... 'Now hear the pitiful story of two that died for love ... Now the young man Seiza was handsome; and O-kichi fell in love with him at sight. The two wcre so often together that their secret affection became known; and the matter came to the ears of the parents of O-kichi; and they, hearing of it, felt that such a thing could not be suffered to continue ...' Plate II. Newssheet printed in 1703 announcing a vendetta of the previous night. 3. A newssheet hawked in the streets in 1703, announcing within hours after it happened, the vendetta of the 47 ronin of Ako ... 'who, after years of most painful