rakuo

Updated: May 24, 2025

He chose, however, to live in retirement, devoting himself to the administration of his own domain and to literary pursuits. The author of several well-known books, he is remembered by his pen-name, Rakuo, almost as constantly as by his historical, Sadanobu. He died in 1829, at the age of seventy-two.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era