Asai Ryōi
Japanese writer
Asai Ryōi was a Japanese writer in the early Edo period. A Shin Buddhist priest who was at one time head of a Kyoto temple, he is held to be one of the finest writers of Kanazōshi. Kanazōshi was a form of popular literature that was written with... Wikipedia
Died: January 29, 1691
Books: Togi Bōko, Ukiyo Monogatari, Tōkaidō Meisho-ki, and more