著者

劉 成竜

出版者

新潟大学大学院現代社会文化研究科

雑誌

現代社会文化研究 = THE JOURNAL OF THE STUDY OF MODERN SOCIETY AND CULTURE (ISSN:13458485)

巻号頁・発行日

no.71, pp.17-31, 2020-11

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Many rebirth stories have been made since ancient times, and even today, it is used in various genres such as novels and movies. There were also many rebirth stories in which animals killed by humans appealed to the lord of the underworld and called the person who killed them to the underworld. In the Chinese rebirth story, the roles played by animals are mainly classified into five types. On the other hand, Japanese rebirth stories are characterized by incorporating four types of elements, "leading", "litigation", "defense", and "reward", with the theme of "killing" and "life release". It can be seen that while incorporating elements of Chinese rebirth stories, Japanese rebirth stories created a unique narrative pattern depending on the social background and the purpose of Buddhist proselytizing.