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天正本『太平記』巻三十八「政道雑談事」の現実認識 : 巻三十五以降の考察を通して

Perceptions of Reality in Chapter 38 “Discussion of Political Matters” of the Tenshōbon Taiheiki : A Study of Chapter 35 and After

jpn

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https://doi.org/10.15002/00025643

法政大学国際日本学研究所

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2022-02-10

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The latter half of the Taiheiki, which recounts the struggle between the Northern and Southern Dynasty in Japan, contains a passage entitled Kitano Tsūya Monogatari (“The Tale of the Wake in Kitano”) in chapter 35. Amongst the various texts of the Taiheiki, which appeared soon after its creation, the Tenshō-bon has the most peculiar version of the Kitano Tsūya Monogatari, different from all others. Firstly, the Tenshō-bon version differs in the moment at which the narration of the Kitano Tsūya Monogatari takes place. In the other texts the narration takes place at the time of the uprising of the Southern Dynasty due to internal conflicts within the shogunate government, following the events of chapter 35, “Yamanaʼs Departure for Cyugoku. But in the Tenshō-bon version the narration takes place at a time when the Southern Dynasty had lost much of their momentum, following chapter 37, “The Battle between the Yuan Dynasty and the Song Dynasty”. Secondly, other textsʼ chapter 36, 37 and 38 in the Tenshō-bon are combined into two chapters, with a number of abridged parts. The abridged parts are mostly those concerning Hosokawa Kiyouji, who surrendered and was disgraced by the shogunate and was expected to join the Southern Dynasty. The Tenshō-bon does not describe his strategy or his bravery as a general, and his momentum is weakened in comparison with the other texts. It also does not describe in detail the important causes of internal conflicts and the roots of internal discord in the shogunate. Finally, the Tenshō-bon text introduces the character of Hino Shōjo Raii, the Southern Dynasty, as a witness to the discussion of political matters, coherently with the other peculiarities mentioned above. In the Tenshō-bon text Raii, after listening to the three men's discussion of political matters, realises that there will be no peace under the Southern Dynasty rule, and leaves with only nominal hopes for the future, saying: “I have only hope for the future, that these turbulent times may subside again”. This pessimistic conclusion to the Tenshō-bon is significant in that it confirms the decline of the Southern Dynasty. From what we have seen so far, the Tenshō-bon displays more awareness than other texts of the history of the failure of the Southern Dynasty uprising, which took advantage of the internal strife in the shogunate.

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