Belt of Bigfoot - Oashi Noberto

Japanese: 《大足のベルト》 - おおあしのべると
Belt of Bigfoot - Oashi Noberto

…He served Henry III, Duke of Brabant, and after his death Guy de Dampierre, Count of Flanders, and in 1270 he joined the Crusades and went to Tunis. He is known for rewriting the previous century's heroic poems in 13th-century French verse as romances (narratives). His main works include Boubon de Comarcis, Ogier, Knight of Denmark, The Belt of Bigfoot, and the epic romance Cleomades, which has nearly 20,000 lines. The first three works are written in 10- or 12-syllable rhyme, which was often used in heroic poems, but Cleomades uses 8-syllable lines, which were used in historical narratives and romances. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Bigfoot Belt" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ブラバン公アンリ3世,その没後はフランドル伯ギ・ド・ダンピエールに仕え,1270年には十字軍に加わってチュニスまで赴いている。前世紀の武勲詩を13世紀の韻文フランス語でロマンス(物語)風に書き直したことで知られ,おもな作品に《ブーボン・ド・コマルシス》《デンマークの騎士オジエ》《大足のベルト》と,2万行に近い大作ロマンス《クレオマデス》がある。前3作は武勲詩に多く使われた10,12音節平韻で書かれているが,《クレオマデス》では歴史叙述,ロマンスに使われた8音節詩行が使われている。…

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