著者

内藤 まりこ

出版者

物語研究会

雑誌

物語研究 (ISSN:13481622)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.7, pp.1-13, 2007

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In this paper by focusing on a topic, Shiga no yamagoe, the author considers the dynamics of medieval poetry. A striking feature of the poems composed on the set topic Shiga no yamagoe in the Roppyakuban utaawase (1193) is that all of them included the phrase "Flower". Previous researchers have argued that there was a strong connection between Shiga no yamagoe and the phrase "Flower" in medieval poetry, even though the reason for this connection remained uncertain. How then did flowers come to be associated with Shiga no yamagoe? The author begins with discussing what led Shiga no Yamagoe to be linked with the idea of flowers. First, the author examines how Fujiwara no Shunzei, the judge of the Roppyakuban utaawase, supported the notion of combining Shiga no yamagoe with spring flowers in poetry composition. Secondly, the author shows how some poems pair flowers with the idea of female pilgrims traveling to Shiga Temple. The author argues that there were narratives about women pilgrims going to Shiga Temple which supported the relationship between Shiga no yamagoe and women. And the author also shows that the actual pilgrimage to Shiga Temple was no longer practiced by Shunzei's time. The author suggests that the association of Shiga no yamagoe with the idea of flowers developed from narratives of female pilgrims set in the past. In addition, the author focuses on a famous place. or utamakura, Shiga no hanazono, which appeared in medieval times for the first time. The author argues that it was a fictional place, which created whereby the topic Shiga no yamagoe came to be associated with flowers.