Kyokutei Bakin(曲亭馬琴, 4 July 1767–1 December 1848) was a late Japanese Edo period gesaku author best known for works such as Nansō Satomi Hakkenden and Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki. Born as Takizawa Okikuni(滝沢興邦), he wrote under the pen name Kyokutei Bakin(曲亭馬琴) which is a pun as the kanji may also be read as Kuruwa de Makoto meaning a man who is truly devoted to the courtesans of the pleasure districts. Later in life he took the first name of Toku(解). Modern scholarship generally refers to him as Takizawa Bakin, a combination of his surname and pen name, or just as Bakin.