著者

洪 晟準

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.37, pp.65-79, 2014-03-31

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“Raigōajarikaisoden” is a story in which Shimizu no kanja Yoshitaka seeks revenge on Minamoto no Yoritomo by practicing magic using rats based on Raigōajari’s consuming grudge. According to previous studies, this story consists of two stories of vengeance. One is a story about Yoshitaka who seeks revenge on Minamoto no Yoritomo for his father Kiso no Yoshinaka. The other is a story about Nekoma Shintarō Mitsuzane who seeks revenge on Kiso no Yoshinaka and Yoshinaka’s elder son Yoshitaka for his elder brother Nekoma no chūnagon Mitsutaka. Karaito, who is the wife of Yoshinaka’s retainer Tezuka no Tarō Mitsumori and also Yoshitaka’s nanny, is praised as ‘retsujo (an outstanding woman)” in Ichiyōken Gyokuzan’s “Gedaikagami” and Tamenaga Shunsui’s “Zōho Gedaikagami”. Both writers consider “Raigōajarikaisoden” as the story which describes Karaito’s loyalty and mental suffering. The author Takizawa Bakin gives a low valuation to “Raigōajarikaisoden” in “Chosakudō kyūsaku ryakujihyō tekiyō” (owned by Sekisui Museum) which is a collection of his critical essays on his own works. It seems that this low valuation is caused by his regret of not being able to give the faithful woman Karaito’s death any merits. However, both Ichiyōken Gyokuzan and Tamenaga Shunsui mention Karaito’s story. It is clear that Karaito is one of the main characters in “Raigōajarikaisoden” and her revenge on Yoritomo should be regarded as the third story of vengeance which follows the above-mentioned two stories. The otogizōshi “Karaitozōshi” is the story about Karaito’s daughter Manju no hime’s filial piety. Although “Raigōajarikaisoden” is based on “Karaitozōshi”, Bakin let appear Karaito as Mitsumori’s wife. Karaito is Mitsumori’s daughter in “Karaitozōshi”. As Karaito appears as Mitsumori’s wife in “Raigōajarikaisoden”, Yoritomo is changed from her father’s revenge to her husband’s revenge and as such the tale describes Karaito’s ‘tei (chastity)’. Karaito’s ‘kō (filial duty)’ towards her father is one of important virtues in “Karaitozōshi”. Her ‘chū (loyalty)’ to Yoshinaka and Yoshitaka and her ‘tei (chastity)’ to her husband Mitsumori become important virtues in “Raigōajarikaisoden”. In this presentation, I am going to explain that Karaito’s story works as the third story of vengeance besides stories of Yoshitaka and Mitsuzane’s vengeance and I would like to point out how Karaito’s chast ity is especially emphasized in “Raigōajarikaisoden”.