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Komachi Sōshi
''Komachi Sōshi'' (小町草紙) is a Japanese ''otogi-zōshi'' in one or two volumes, composed during the Muromachi period. Date, genre and sources ''Komachi Sōshi'' was composed during the Muromachi period. It is a work of the ''otogi-zōshi'' genre. It is one of a large number of works that draw on the legends surrounding the poet Ono no Komachi, a category that also includes '' Komachi Monogatari'', '' Komachi Uta-arasoi'', '' Kamiyo Komachi'' and '' Tamazukuri Monogatari''. It specifically draws on the ''dokuro-densetsu'' (髑髏伝説), legends about Komachi's skull being found in a grassy field. Plot Ono no Komachi, the great beauty and ''waka'' poet, has grown old and wretched. She prays to Kanzeon for salvation. She encounters Ariwara no Narihira, and the two discuss their romantic histories and how popular they had once been. Komachi abandons the capital when she is ridiculed for her decrepit appearance, and travels to the Tōkaidō and eventually to Mutsu Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otogi-zōshi
are a group of about 350 Japanese prose narratives written primarily in the Muromachi period (1392–1573). These illustrated short stories, which remain unattributed, together form one of the representative literary genres of the Japanese medieval era. Overview is a general term for narrative literature written between the Muromachi period (approximately 1336–1573) and the beginning of the Edo period (1603–1867). The term originates with a mid-Edo collection of 23 stories, titled or . It later came to denote other works of the same genre and period. Modern scholarship sometimes distinguishes between "true" , covering only the 23 works included in the aforementioned collection, and other works that it instead terms or . List The 23 tales covered by the narrow definition are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Under the broad definition, there are around 500 surviving examples of . Most are around 30–40 pages in length, and are of uncertain date. Their a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |