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(translation): The Chinese Tang dynasty novel "Yusenkutsu" [You Xian Ku] is said to be the first novel to come to Japan. In the oldest surviving manuscript at Kongoji Temple in Kawachi Nagano City, Osaka Prefecture, the second half of the manuscript, which was previously missing, has been found. ... "Yusenkutsu" is the work of Zhang Wencheng. It is said to have been introduced to Japan during the Nara period. ... It is also characterized by its fluent writing style, witty dialogue and poetry, and Tomohide Uesugi, a researcher at the Kyoto National Museum (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto), who discovered the missing parts, said, "Nowadays, it can be considered as a cutting-edge foreign drama, known for its famous writing, and has influenced the Man'yōshū and The Tale of Genji, and has been read in Japan for a long time".
