著者

MUTŌ Mieko

出版者

法政大学大学院 国際日本学インスティテュート専攻委員会

雑誌

国際日本学論叢 (ISSN:13491954)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.13, pp.19-44, 2016-03-07

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In The Tale of Genji , sons of leading characters are assigned to dance on celebratory occasions. This paper studies the boys who danced in the tale, and the findings include that the age of the Emperor Kiritsubo's Fourth Prince would have been fourteen or fifteen when he danced Shūfūrakuduring the imperial visit to Suzaku-in in "Momiji no Ga" ("Beneath the Autumn Leaves"); His Excellency Higekuro's third and fourth sons from Tamakazura would be ten and nine respectively; Commander Yūgiri'seldest son would be nine, the second most likely eight, and the third one seven when they danced for the fiftieth birth-year celebration of Suzaku-in (on the final rehearsal day9in "Wakana 2" ("Spring Shoots II"). The ages of the two sons of Hyōbukyō no Miya (His Highness of War) in the samechapter are questionable if we assume that their mother is the Prince's first wife. Courtier boys in The Tale of Genji dance the pieces that were standard pieces for boys at that time. The author of the tale observes the ongoing practices of boys' dancing of the era.