"The Genroku era" is surely thought of as a time of affluence when the world was peaceful and tranquil and when townspeople's culture blossomed, such that the word "Showa Genroku" was created later, but in fact that was not necessarily true. |
たしかに「元禄時代」というと、のちに「昭和元禄」という語も生まれたほど、天下泰平で町民文化が百花繚乱した豊かな時代というイメージが持たれているが、必ずしも実態はそうではなかった。 |