著者
荻原 大地
出版者
日本近世文学会
雑誌
近世文藝 (ISSN:03873412)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.107, pp.31-42, 2018 (Released:2018-07-31)

The legend of Sakura-Sōgorō, a farmer hero in the early Edo Period, is made into numerous stories which can be classified into the two series called “Sōdōki” and “Jizōdō.” Each of the series is further divided into three subgroups. Sakura-kajitsu-monogatari belongs to the subgroup C of the “Sōdōki” series. The little known text is pivotal in the development of the legend because of its humanistic treatment of the hero. Indeed Shōtei-Kinsui wrote his “yomihon” novel Chūyū-asakura-nikki under its inspiration. The article will draw a whole constellation of stories created from the legend and then explore its influence on popular fiction in the Edo Period.
著者
荻原 大地
出版者
日本近世文学会
雑誌
近世文藝 (ISSN:03873412)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.112, pp.69-80, 2020 (Released:2021-01-31)

This article chronologically traces the development of the true stories of Ōshio-Heihachirō from the Edo Period to the Meiji Period to see their whole aspect in a new perspective. The stories can be classified into the following five groups; the “Naniwa-hikki” series (Naniwa-hikki, Kyōran-taihei-ki, Naniwazu-ashi-no-hanashi, and Miyo-taihei-ki), Taihei-kagami, Tenpō-naniwa-hanashi, Tenpō-taihei-ki, Shinpen-tenpō-taihei-ki. In Tenpō-naniwa-hanashi, Tenpō-taihei-ki, and Shinpen-tenpō-taihei-ki there appeared an additional episode of Heihachirō’s younger days. The narrative theme came to be more centered on the character than the rebellion. In this way Tenpō-naniwa-hanashi and Tenpō-taihei-ki became a narrative model for the modern version of Ōshio-Heihachirō stories such as Naniwa-no-ume-ōshio-banashi and Tenma-suiko-den.