Jippensha Ikku
![Jippensha Ikku, drawn by [[Kunisada](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Jippensya_Ikku.jpg)
was the
pen name of
Shigeta Sadakazu (重田 貞一), a
Japanese writer active during the late
Edo period of
Japan. 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. He mainly wrote , and over 360 illustrated stories, (
gōkan, 合巻 ). He also helped create ''kokkeibon'' as a genre. Ikku was one of the most prolific writers of his time, and shaped the literary history that came after him.
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