著者

梅山 秀幸 Hideyuki Umeyama

雑誌

桃山学院大学人間科学 = HUMAN SCIENCES REVIEW, St. Andrew's University (ISSN:09170227)

巻号頁・発行日

no.37, pp.5-34, 2009-10-20

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Dojoji is the famous temple for the wicked love story of Anchin and Kiyohime. But there is also an another legend of Kaminaga-hime (Princess Long Hair) which tells of the origin of the temple.There once was a fisherman's daughter who had beautiful long hair by grace of Kannon figure to which she always prayed. One day a bird brought some of her hairs to the imperial palace. Discovering the hairs, the emperor ordered his servants to find the owner of the hairs in order to marry her. Brought to the palace and made a favorite of the emperor, the fisherman's daughter although was sad because she had abandoned the Kannon figure. Dojoji was built by the emperor who sympathized with her anxiety for the Kannon figure.On the discovery of the golden hairs brought by a bird, King Mark had Iseult brought from Ireland by Tristan to his palace.The story of Kaminaga-hime is a Japanese variation of "Tristan and Iseult" . Kaminaga-hime is not an isolated case; it seems that we can find many similar stories in Japan. Here we point out, probably for the first time, the cycle of "Tristan and Iseult" in Japan.