著者
加美 宏
出版者
日本文学協会
雑誌
日本文学 (ISSN:03869903)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.31, no.1, pp.80-91, 1982-01-10 (Released:2017-08-01)

There is a tradition of commentaries which accompany the Taiheiki. Early in the Edo Period, a work called the Hyoban Hiden Rijinsho was widely circulated; indeed, contemporary reading of theTaiheiki relied on the Rijinsho as a text, resulting in the term the "Rijinsho lectures." Since the Rijugokusho is all but untouched by scholarship, this study will first of all distinguish it from a similar commentary, the Taiheiki Hyouban Shiyo Rijugokusho. and describe the Rijugokusho's form and contents. The Rijinsho consists of two parts, a "Commentary" and "Tales." In the past, the Rijinsho was almost exclusively discussed in terms of the former, which evaluates the contents of the Taiheikirom the viewpoint of the martial arts and political administration. From a literary standpoint, however,it is the section of"Tales" which is more valuable, for it contains secret accounts and backstage anecdotes not included in the Taiheiki itself.