著者

渡辺 守邦

出版者

国文学研究資料館

雑誌

国文学研究資料館紀要 = The Bulletin of The National Institute of Japanese Literature (ISSN:03873447)

巻号頁・発行日

no.14, pp.63-123, 1988-03-30

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泉州信田の葛の葉狐の子が、母と生き別れて、天文博士に出世する安倍の童子の物語は、源を『簠簋抄』に発する。この話は、むしろ浄瑠璃、歌舞伎に入って以降おもしろみを倍増するのであるが、本稿は、反対に、この話を育んだ、暦数書の仮名注の世界を俳徊してみようとするものである。本題に入る前に、断っておかなければならないことがある。それは書名の読み。「簠簋」と書いて、〈ホキ〉と読む。『論語』公冶長篇に「瑚璉」の語があって、朱子の注に、宗廟に供える黍稷を盛る器、夏に〈瑚〉、商に〈璉〉、周に〈簠簋〉と称した、とする。本来は祭器である。が、貴重品を運んだり、納めておく器具とも考えられたらしく、次のような言い伝えもある。すなわち、釈迦如来像が百済から海を渡って本朝に運ばれたとき、簠簋に入れられて来た、それゆえ、釈迦をホトケと呼ぶ、ホトケはホキの転である―と。『法華経直談鈔』に載る名義譚。早くも話が中世説話の世界に入ってしまったようだ。 A story of Abe no doji who is a child of Kuzunoha (a name of white fox in legend) in Shinoda of Senshu, succeeded as a master of astrology after separating from mother came from "Hokisho"(簠簋抄). This story rather became twice as much as interesting after being taken up as a theme of Joruri and Kabuki, this article tries to wonder around the world of the kanchu (written in kana) of the Rekisusho (the number of years book) that created this story. Before getting to the main point, it is enough for me to say about the reading of the title of a book. "簠簋"is pronounced as "Hoki". There is a word "Koren"(瑚璉)in "The Analects of Confucius" edited by Koyacho, and it was explained: a container to pile millet to offer in the ancestral mausoleum, "Ko" for Hsia, "Ren" for Shang, "Hoki" for Zhou in a note of Shushi. It is originally ceremonial implement. However it seemed to be thought as an appliance which carry and put the valuables, there is the following legend, that is to say, when statue of Shaka Nyorai was put in "Hoki" and carried to our country across the sea from Kudara,that is why we refer to "Shaka" as "Hotoke". "Hotoke" is derivative of "Hoki". This is a "Myogitan" (名義譚)appears in "Hokkekyojikidansho" (法華経直談鈔). The story seems to have already entered the world of the narration in the Middle Ages.