Akinari UEDA wrote his first work of fiction, "Shodo kikimimi sekenzaru" (A Worldly Monkey Who Hears About Everything) in 1766, and then wrote the ukiyo zoshi (popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period) "Seken tekake katagi (Characters of Worldly Mistresses)" in 1767.
上田秋成は、明和3年（1766年）、処女作である『諸道聴耳世間猿』（『諸道聴耳世間狙』）を、明和4年に、浮世草子の『世間妾形気』を書いた。