著者

明 眞淑

出版者

国文学研究資料館

雑誌

国際日本文学研究集会会議録 = PROCEEDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON JAPANESE LITERATURE (ISSN:03877280)

巻号頁・発行日

no.15, pp.69-77, 1992-03-01

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Respect for the old has been traditionally made much of as a virtue in Korea. In Sangoku Shiki (History of the Three Countries) there is a record of a king who gave rice and grains to the old to praise them. And also in Sangoku Iji (Annecdotes of the Three Countries) we can see people who showed great devotion to their parents, along with kings, noblemen and saints, thought in no other part of the book appear common people. Three tales of the common people who were devoted to their parents offered a material for the P'ansori Shimchonjeon. Shimchonjeon is one of the P'ansori that appeared in the latter half of the Korean dynasty, whose ideology was based on Confucianism, between late 17th century and early 18th century. Its theme is filial devotion of a daughter who sacrificed herself for her blind father.By the way, what kind of parent-child relationship is seen in Chikamatu'works? In Shinjūmono (stories of lovers' suicide) we can see childrens' love for their parents, which is depicted in the reminiscent monologues before the suicide. The heroes and heroines choose suicide, dreaming only of their own happiness to come. But, almost without fail, they remember their parents and lament right before their suicide.On the other hand, in Onna Goroshi Abura no Jigoku (Murder of a Woman in the Hell of Oil) the hero is an undevoted and dissipated son, Yohei. The parents' anxiety over their son who keeps swearing shows their true love for him. In Meido no Hikyaku also we can see parents' love for their child.It is natural for the mankind that parents love their cihldren ; children, their parents. In order to investigate the parent- child relationships that we find in the worlds of Shimchonjeon and Chikamatsu, I will take a close look at the cases in which parents' love for their children is stronger than children's love for their parents, and vice versa.