The was a pre-modern Japanese literary genre. Texts were written in a humorous, satirical sermon-style with the purpose of educating the masses. It is type of gesaku.
and are credited with establishing the early foundations upon which the genre rests. In 1715, Masuho wrote, and in 1727 Issai wrote . These two texts are early forerunners of the genre. However, the genre is not fully realized until several decades later. In 1752, wrote, which is identified as the first true example of the dangibon genre.
The genre existed between the 1752 c. 1800, reaching "the height of their popularity in the 1750s."[1] It gradually evolved into the kokkeibon genre at the start of the 19th century.
. Donald Keene . World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era 1600–1867 . registration . Grove Press . 1976 . New York . 0-394-17074-1 .