# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jippensha-ikku
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:07:14.487Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jippensha-ikku"
name: "Jippensha Ikku"
slug: "jippensha-ikku"
description: "Jippensha or Juppensha Ikku  was the pen name of Shigeta Sadakazu, a Japanese writer active during the late Edo period of Japan. He was among the most prolific yellow-backed novel  writers of the late Edo period — between 1795 and 1801 he wrote a minimum of twenty novels a year. He mainly wrote sharebon (洒落本), kokkeibon (滑稽本) and over 360 illustrated stories,. 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."
tagline: "Japanese writer (1765–1831)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jippensya_Ikku.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1765"
deathDate: "1831-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.119916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E5%8D%81%E8%BF%94%E8%88%8E%E4%B8%80%E4%B9%9D"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jippensha_Ikku"
    title: "Jippensha Ikku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%88"
    title: "جيبينشا اكوو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8F_%D0%86%D0%BA%D1%83"
    title: "Дзіпэнся Іку"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jippensha_Ikku"
    title: "Jippensha Ikku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%B1_%CE%8A%CE%BA%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85"
    title: "Τζιπένσα Ίκκου"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jippensha_Ikku"
    title: "Jippensha Ikku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jippensha_Ikku"
    title: "Jippensha Ikku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jippensha_Ikku"
    title: "Jippensha Ikku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%81%E8%BF%94%E8%88%8E%E4%B8%80%E4%B9%9D"
    title: "十返舎一九"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikku_Jippensha"
    title: "Ikku Jippensha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8F_%D0%98%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%83"
    title: "Дзиппэнся Икку"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8F_%D0%86%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%83"
    title: "Джіппеншя Ікку"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%81%E8%BF%94%E8%88%8D%E4%B8%80%E4%B9%9D"
    title: "十返舍一九"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q260290"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump