- Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari
is a post late-
Heian period Japanese collection of short stories.Authorship
With the exception of one story, the authorship is unknown. It is likely each story was written by different authors at various times and later collected together into a single text.
"Ōsaka Koenu Gonchūnagon" is known to have been composed in
1055 by Lady Koshikibu. This is confirmed in volume 8 of Nihongo|"Rokujō Saiin Utaawase"|六条斎院歌合| which includes one of the poems from this story.In addition, poems from "Hanazakura Oru Shōshō", "Hodohodo no Kesō", "Kaiawase", and "Haizumi" are included in the
1271 Nihongo|"Fūyō Wakashū"|風葉和歌集| indicating an upper bound for these stories.Tradition states that
Fujiwara no Tameuji (1222-1286) andFujiwara no Tamesuke (1263-1328) created copies of the manuscripts also indicating completion of the text by the 13th century.Contents
The meaning of the title is unknown. There are two main theories:
*A reflection of the various stories ("monogatari") bound ("tsutsumi") together into a single collection.
*An appellation toFujiwara no Kanesuke who was known as the Riverside Middle Counselor due to his residence near theKamo River .The text contains ten short stories:
*Nihongo|"Hanazakura Oru Shōshō"|花桜折る少将|
*Nihongo|"Kono Tsuide"|このつゐで|
*Nihongo|"Mushi Mezuru Himegimi"|虫めづる姫君|
*Nihongo|"Hodohodo no Kesō"|ほどほどの懸想|
*Nihongo|"Ōsaka Koenu Gonchūnagon"|逢坂越えぬ権中納言|
*Nihongo|"Kaiawase"|貝あはせ|
*Nihongo|"Omowanu Kata ni Tomari suru Shōshō"|思はぬ方にとまりする少将|
*Nihongo|"Hanada no Nyōgo"|はなだの女御|
*Nihongo|"Haizumi"|はいずみ|
*Nihongo|"Yoshinashigoto"|よしなしごと|There is also an incomplete fragment at the end. It is untitled, but variously known by its first few words as Nihongo|"Fuyugomoru"|冬ごもる|.Manuscripts
There are approximately 60 existing manuscripts, but the original no longer exists. Each manuscript has difficult to read passages and the text as a whole needs to be supplemented by comparison with other manuscripts.
External links
* [http://edb.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exhibit/nk0/image/nk0hf/fram13.html Kyōto University manuscript]
References
* cite book
last = Kubota
first = Jun
title = Iwanami Nihon Koten Bungaku Jiten
publisher = Iwanami Shoten
date = 2007
language = Japanese
id = ISBN 978-4-00-080310-6
* cite book
last = Matsuo
first = Satoshi
coauthors = Naohiko Teramoto
title = Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Ochikubo Monogatari, Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari
publisher = Iwanami Shoten
date = 1957
language = Japanese
id = ISBN 4-00-060013-3
* cite book
last = Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten Henshū Iinkai
title = Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten
publisher = Iwanami Shoten
date = 1986
language = Japanese
id = ISBN 4-00-080067-1
* cite book
last = Ōtsuki
first = Osamu
coauthors = Gen'e Imai, Sumiaki Morishita, Masao Karashima
title = Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari, Torikaebaya Monogatari
publisher = Iwanami Shoten
date = 1992
language = Japanese
id = ISBN 4-00-240026-3
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