. . . . . . . . "Ikoku kidan, Was\u014Dby\u014De"@en . . "Yukokushi"@en . . . "Was\u014Dby\u014De, or Strange Tales of Foreign Lands, also known as The Japanese Gulliver, is a 1774 narrative work by the pseudonymous author Yukokushi. It is a utopian fiction that has been compared to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. The book was presented in an English version by Basil Hall Chamberlain in 1879. The name Was\u014Dby\u014De (also the name of the story's protagonist) is derived from that of Zhuang Zhou, was\u014D meaning Japan and by\u014De being a Japanese form of Zhuang Zhou's family name. The story promotes Taoist concepts over their Confucian equivalents, and Chamberlain suggested that its parable-like structure was intended to replicate the style of the Zhuangzi. In the tale, the titular Was\u014Dby\u014De sets out by boat from his native Nagasaki on a business trip, but is blown off course by a typhoon. He is shipwrecked in the Land of Perennial Youth, where he lives for 200 years, and he subsequently visits a number of other fictitious countries, including the Land of Idlers, the Land of Shams, the Land of Ancient Customes, the Land of Paradox and the Land of Giants. Was\u014Dby\u014De was popular in its day, and spawned at least two sequels, Was\u014Dby\u014De kohen (1779) by Sawai Iro and Was\u014Dby\u014De zokuhen (1854) by Kokunen Kocho Sanjin. In 1797 Sant\u014D Ky\u014Dden wrote a play based on the work, Wasobyoe gojitsu hanashi, and Takizawa Bakin modelled his book Musoby\u014De kocho monagatori on Yukokushi's tale. An erotic parody, Ikai kikei Oshobobo, appeared in 1776."@en . . . "1025600709"^^ . . . . "Wasobyoe"@en . . . . "3509"^^ . . . . . "47783868"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "1774"^^ . . "Ikoku kidan, Was\u014Dby\u014De"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Was\u014Dby\u014De, or Strange Tales of Foreign Lands, also known as The Japanese Gulliver, is a 1774 narrative work by the pseudonymous author Yukokushi. It is a utopian fiction that has been compared to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. The book was presented in an English version by Basil Hall Chamberlain in 1879."@en . . . . . . . "1879"^^ . .